Chores and Returning College Students During Summer - Any Problems?

LeastComplicated
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:22:13 +0000

What HarvestMoon1 said ^^. Having some leverage is the key. I think expecting that they are going to be responsible and do things on their own initiative is not going to work. My leverage with both of mine is cell phones and friends. If they don’t do something I ask them to do after a reasonable amount of time (and sometimes several requests) I take their phone until they do it - and they do it pretty quickly after that. They can’t have friends over or go out with friends if they’ve left a mess in the house. They roll their eyes and mutter things under their breath (then I threaten to take their phone away for a day), but they get it done.