Use Cleaning Planner Plus to teach children good housekeeping habits


Have kids that don't want to help out?

Are you having a hard time getting your children to do their chores? Do they put up a fight every time you ask them to wash some dishes, water the plants or feed the dog? Many children would rather play another game on their Playstation or go out with their friends than to do these 'boring' tasks. Still, they need to be done, and it's important for children to learn that early on in their lives that as they grow up, considering the responsabilities and amount of tasks that need to be done will only get bigger as they grow up.

However that doesn't mean that the whole household should be in an uproar every time one of these jobs needs to be done. By clearly laying out the jobs around the house that need to be done, when they need to be done and who will do them, you can create a situation where everybody knows what's expected of him or her and where you can agree beforehand who will do what.

Plus, by showing your children that the other members of your family also carry part of the burden, they will have an easier time understanding that maintaining a home is a joint undertaking where everybody needs to pitch in to make things work.

Advantages of Cleaning Planner Plus

  • Set clear expectations of who will do what.
  • Grow good habits in your children to keep up with household tasks
  • Show clearly that everybody does their part.

How to do it

Scheduling household tasks with Cleaning Planner Plus is very easy. All you need to do is

  • enter the people in your family who will be doing the work in and around the house,
  • list the tasks to be done, and
  • select a period for which you want to print a roster.

You can re-use the settings when your roster runs out; you can make new rosters every week, every month or at whatever frequency you prefer. Cleaning Planner Plus will make a list of all the jobs to be done in the time periond you selected, sorted by date. Hang the printed task list on a central location in the house, like inside a kitchen cupboard door or inside the door of a hallway closet. Hang a pen next to it and tell your family to cross out the task once they've done it. That way, it's easy to see what still needs to be done and where you should start looking for the next job! Plus it's a great, satisfying feeling to finish a task and finalizing it by going to the task list and putting a big black line through the item on the list Smile