Chores and Returning College Students During Summer - Any Problems?

PNWedwonk
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:30:47 +0000

My kids aren’t any better than yours at this, but I would hope that if they saw me struggling like you must be, they would up their game.

One thing that I think helps is to know your kid. One of mine will do anything with a smile as long as you ask him clearly at a time he is not committed to do something else (He did point out that it annoys him when I say “You COULD do that” When what I mean is “Please do that.”)

Kid 2 is totally different. She hates to be asked to do something at that moment, For her, I leave a list on the table and then leave the house. I may text later and say “Did you see the list?”

I try to thank them sincerely, which I sort of feel shouldn’t be necessary (they live here) but it seems to help.

H just waits until he is sick of it and yells at them and they do whatever he wants but resent being treated that way.