I have tried to get my children more involved with chores and housework, however it’s difficult when they’re still in elementary school.
They kept making excuses about “forgetting” to do their basic chores, so I made a huge display for the refrigerator in the family room.
I even rotate some of the tougher chores like weed pulling and window washing. Since neither of these tasks needs to be done weekly, I’d be blissful if they simply kept up with cleaning their rooms. However, they like to push everything into a pile in the corner of their floor instead of absolutely organizing their toys and possessions. I taught them to organize using plastic storage tubs, however it has been a relentless battle to get them to take up their responsibilities with more dedication and hardwork. They sometimes rotate sweeping and mopping the brick floors, but I discovered something certainally aggravating when I was doing my heating and cooling proposal inspection yesterday. After confirming that the air handler was working at normal capacity, I carefully checked the ventilation system. This is when I found something that frustrated me greatly. Apparently my teenagers have been sweeping dust, dirt, and food crumbs into our baseboard air returns instead of using a dustpan to collect it respectfully. I was so angry because the dust pan is barely extra work or any more effort required on part of the man sweeping the floor. Needless to say, they were scolded and taught how to sweep the floor respectfully from here on out. I told them that I don’t want to ever find floor debris swept into the baseboard air returns again.