I have tried to get my children more involved with chores and housework, but 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 kitchen.
I even rotate some of the tougher chores like weed pulling and window washing. Since neither of these jobs needs to be done daily, I’d be happy 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 actually organizing their toys and possessions. I taught them to organize using plastic storage tubs, but 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 tile floors, but I discovered something particularly frustrating when I was doing my heating and cooling system inspection yesterday. After confirming that the air handler was working at normal capacity, I carefully inspected the ventilation system. This is when I found something that frustrated me greatly. Apparently my kids have been sweeping dust, dirt, and food crumbs into our baseboard air returns instead of using a dustpan to collect it properly. I was so angry because the dust pan is barely extra work or any more effort required on part of the person sweeping the floor. Needless to say, they were scolded and taught how to sweep the floor properly from here on out. I told them that I don’t want to ever find floor debris swept into the baseboard air returns again.
Duct cleaning