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Talked to husband last night. Ideas? Thoughts? Am I expecting too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 418815" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Shari--</p><p> </p><p>Just a thought....</p><p> </p><p>My family (me included) used to be a lot more "lax" about housework. Not maggots in the kitchen lax - but not cleaning up the dishes after eating, stuff like that.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, I had enough. The family took a few tours of historic buildings in the area....and when we got home I sat the kids down and had a talk with them. (Yes, I started with the children.) I asked them if they noticed what was different about those houses verses our house. Well - it was HUGE. It looked fancy....and....well....CLEAN! I told them that from now on - we are going to treat our own house like one of those fancy places - like a castle.</p><p> </p><p>And that became the command "OK kids, time to castle the house!" No television until we had cleaned up after our meal. No playing until things were neat and tidy.</p><p> </p><p>I got the children on board first.</p><p> </p><p>THEN I worked on husband.</p><p> </p><p>At first, he was aggravated that I was making such a big deal about cleaning....</p><p> </p><p>but it's hard to act like a jerk when the kids are saying "Daddy - no tv until we're done castle-ing!"</p><p> </p><p>So these days, we do try to clean things up as a team....more or less.</p><p> </p><p>I wonder if something like that would work in your house?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 418815, member: 6546"] Shari-- Just a thought.... My family (me included) used to be a lot more "lax" about housework. Not maggots in the kitchen lax - but not cleaning up the dishes after eating, stuff like that. Finally, I had enough. The family took a few tours of historic buildings in the area....and when we got home I sat the kids down and had a talk with them. (Yes, I started with the children.) I asked them if they noticed what was different about those houses verses our house. Well - it was HUGE. It looked fancy....and....well....CLEAN! I told them that from now on - we are going to treat our own house like one of those fancy places - like a castle. And that became the command "OK kids, time to castle the house!" No television until we had cleaned up after our meal. No playing until things were neat and tidy. I got the children on board first. THEN I worked on husband. At first, he was aggravated that I was making such a big deal about cleaning.... but it's hard to act like a jerk when the kids are saying "Daddy - no tv until we're done castle-ing!" So these days, we do try to clean things up as a team....more or less. I wonder if something like that would work in your house? [/QUOTE]
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