How to Assign Household Chores

Series Summary

Early childhood is a special time for both kids and parents. It is widely held that during the first few years of a person’s life, some of the most important physical and emotional aspects of development are set in place. Young children are dependent primarily on their parents to meet their needs during this time. To grow into healthy, happy adults, kids require many things, including safe surroundings, a good diet, peer interaction, a variety of experiences and someone to take care of them in most situations. In this free video series on parenting, a clinical psychologist explains important parenting tips. Find out how to teach your children good hygiene, how to make hand washing fun and how to assign household chores. Learn to deal with stepchildren and get advice on planning healthy lunches. Get tips on teaching manners to children and other advice, all with these free videos.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Dr. Deborah Wheeler. I am a clinical psychologist and the vice president of academic affairs at Argosy University. Today's topic I will be talking about how to assign chores to your children. There are several things you can do. One of them is of course to think of the age appropriateness of your children. Make sure you don't assign chores that are beyond their age abilities and capabilities. Secondly, you might want to have a chore chart where you can keep track of that. That's particularly helpful if you have several children or you're rotating through the chart chores. Make sure you assign things that they can complete and really as a parent you to avoid the desire to redo the work. If you see that they maybe missed a few crumbs when they were sweeping up, avoid at all costs going back and re-sweeping up the floor especially while you're there. You might want to tidy up a little bit later but avoid the desire to really redo what they've done. This tells the child that what they've done is not adequate or is not sufficient and they'll be less likely to help you in the future. I hope this has helped you, certainly if you'd like more information you can contact me at the Salt Lake campus at argosy.edu."