But until I am blessed with self-parenting children, I will suffer one day at a time, trying to instill a good work ethic in this heathen little bodies I call my heritage.
They've been assigned chores on a daily basis. Maybe I exaggerate a tad bit. The older girls DO their chores, but there is normally a lot of attempted negotiation and complaining along the way. And as I heard a friend say years back ... I don't negotiate with terrorists.
To simplify things, I thought I'd try out the chore system the Duggar Family uses. Titus2.com has a chore system called "Managers of their Chores". It looked like a great way of organizing and breaking down chore responsibility. And it is ... but WOW. It's a bit overwhelming.
I took their main idea and made Chorepacks with the clip-on badge they sent in the kit. I also used the same method they use, with writing down each child's name on each card with a designated time of day in which to do the chore. Since we already were doing chores with everyone except the little guy, I was able to take the main idea and apply it to us.
So far, we've had the Chorepacks for three days. Within 24 hours, one of the girls lost theirs; but it was recovered, so no harm no foul. If I can make it a habit to get those hooligans to clip on their Chorepacks every morning and turn them in every night, we'll be in business.
Maybe I should make one for myself. Hmmm.
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