Have you ever noticed that the corners of your rooms are dirtier than the rest of the house? Maybe it is because vents and breezes blow things around until they land in the corner, never to move again. Well, at least not until you vacuum them up the next day. Today, I’m cleaning all of my corners after yesterday’s big “I’m bored. What can I do? Can I do the vacuuming?” event, because they got missed and I didn’t want to re-clean in front of my helpers. (Children and some grownups tend to clean right in the middle of a room without thinking about the fact that the space under the sofa or that corner over there needs to be vacuumed, too.)So, why did I wait until the next day to do the job right?
Going right behind helpers and re-cleaning isn’t a good way to make them feel capable and useful. Since you have children help with household chores to teach responsibility, to build stronger families and to do any number of other good things, you don’t want to undo all the good by destroying their self esteem and making them feel inadequate. Instead, you may want to wait until they are in school to clean your corners properly. Then, guide them to clean those areas by modeling the right way to do it another day.
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Post from: Blisstree