Originally Posted by
Deb watkins
I did something similar.....each kid had a small basket - before bedtime they had to go in to each room (separately -never could put them together doing chores) and they had to pick up what was their or what they used. Anything left after the 'sweep', was discarded. Naturally - MY stuff was already picked up....And the laundry????? At age 9 the girls birthday present included a bottle of laundry soap and their own basket. I was tired of washing 'clean' clothes.
My "theory" on laundry was if you want your clothes washed, they'd better be in the hamper & have the pockets emptied out. I only washed clothes that were in that state --- none of this scanning their bedrooms for laundry to do --- & anything left in your pockets became mine. Period. Oh, I forgot to add... I was the meanest mom alive... LOL! I just tried to raise my kids to go out into the real world.