kids chores
August 30th, 2010 at 01:50pm
Under Children+ Family+ Teens/Tweens
The beginning of the school year is a great time to set up an allowance plan for your kids. This is not payment for chores, rather, teaching them how to manage their money.
1. Each child is allotted 3-5 envelopes (depending on the age and stage and needs of the child)
2. Each envelope is labeled with [...]
Continue Reading Allowance is what you are Allowed: Early Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Tags: allowance, Chores, consistent parenting, Family, kids behaviors, kids chores, Parenting Calm, parenting powers, susan epstein
By Susan Epstein
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:50am
Under Children+ Teens/Tweens
Dear Mom and Dad,
Why are you always yelling at me? “Do this, pick up that, put this away, do your homework, get off the computer, set the table, brush your teeth!” It really drives me crazy, that you never just let me be. You ask me why I don’t listen to you. Well, everything you say sounds the [...]
Continue Reading Dear Mom/Dad, Why are you always yelling at me?
Tags: Chores, kids chores, parenting, parenting advice, teens, yelling
By Susan Epstein
December 4th, 2008 at 08:10pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Is your family’s laundry an albatross around your neck? When and if you venture into your kids’ rooms, do you see a sea of clothing, wet moldy towels, science experiments growing on and around your beautiful set of kitchen dishes? Is it so horrifying that you would rather watch a the latest Stephen King film, [...]
Continue Reading How To Outsource Your Laundry For Free
Tags: Children, childrens behavior, Chores, kids chores, Laundry, to do lists
By Susan Epstein
November 30th, 2008 at 08:11am
Under Children
Home stretch after the long Holiday Weekend. Cooking, company, shopping, kids, kids, kids! Maybe it is only 8am on Sunday morning and your nerves are already frazzled. How do you stay calm? When getting your child to respect you sometimes in the repeating over and over again, “You will not speak to me that [...]
Continue Reading Kids Pushing Your Buttons? How to Stay Calm.
Tags: angry kids, disrespectful kids, kids behaviors, kids chores, parenting advice, parenting help
By Susan Epstein
