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Step 1
The first step to divide and conquer is to list all of the household chores. List everything you can think of, including cooking dinner, setting the table, cleaning up after dinner, cleaning (dusting, vacuuming), grocery shopping, laundry, ironing, picking up and dropping off the kids, feeding and walking the dog, taking care of the lawn and taking out the garbage.
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Step 2
The next step is to determine just who in the household will handle each of these chores. Make sure that responsibilities are shared equally among all the members of the household.
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Step 3
The next step is to sit down and explain to each person just what their responsibilities will be. Also, explain any incentives that you may feel are appropriate for the children of the family, such as allowances. When it comes to the children, you should probably also set a time frame in which their responsibilities need to be completed.
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Step 4
After a couple of weeks, you might want to sit down as a family and review how things have been going. Perhaps some chores can be switched or shared. Communication is very important if divide and conquer is going to work!
