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Motherhood: It All Comes Out In The Wash

January 14, 2015 by Alison Tedford 7 Comments

Laundry day is that awkward transition point between “I have absolutely nothing to wear” and “Where the heck am I supposed to put all this stuff?” It’s the one day of the week… month… year that hot yoga shorts or bikini bottoms work just fine as underwear because my cats can’t tell the difference … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humour, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: chores, dirty clothes, dirty laundry, household chores, laundry, motherhood

Kids And Money: The REAL $50,000 Question

July 14, 2014 by Kath 1 Comment

A friend recently posted this question about allowance on her Facebook feed: “I’m not of the thinking that you hand your kids $50+ when they want to do something with their friends. So today is a big day of yardwork. Once completed I will reward him with some hard earned cash. Seems fair to me… do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finance, Parenting, Parenting Issues Tagged With: allowance, children and money, Children doing Chores, children's allowance, chores, chores for kids, earning allowance, household chores, household jobs, housework for kids, how much allowance, kids and money, kids doing chores, kids' allowance, paying allowance

The Hardest Lesson!

April 29, 2014 by Sara 2 Comments

Do you remember when you first realized how expensive things are? I've been racking my brain to remember but I honestly can't. Well. Will won't have that problem. He'll have this blog to remember the day he did. I decided last week to establish a chore chart for Will. I listed a few things he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finance, Life Tagged With: allowance, chores, Lego, saving money

FotoFriday – Child Labour

July 5, 2013 by Christine Leave a Comment

So this started happening this year.  We've been waiting 12 years to pass the torch lawnmower onto him. What household chores/responsibilities have you passed on to your children? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports & Outdoors, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: chores, cutting grass, lawnmower, mowing lawn, responsibility, tween

What a Difference a Decade Makes

June 11, 2013 by Ryan 3 Comments

One of the things I noticed about being a parent is, I never realized how much free time I had before kids. Then I soon realized that the chaos that comes with being in a family is your new normal. For me, my 20’s and 30’s could not have been more different. I can only speak for myself but doesn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Humour Tagged With: busy, chores, getting older, kids, like

Children’s Chores – Do you pay up?

November 22, 2012 by ChantelK

Recently I read an article on children's chores that was written with two different points of views. One view was written by a parent who pays her children to do household chores and the other was written by a parent who chose not to pay her children. My children hate doing chores and I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: allowance, chores, family

Laundry Quandary

May 25, 2012 by Amanda

If there's one housekeeping duty I am perpetually failing at, it is keeping up with our family's laundry. We have a huge laundry room with plenty of room for folding, which also means there is plenty of room to let those six dozen hampers quietly fester while I close the door.I think my biggest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: chores, clothes, Domesticity, laundry

Do As I Say, Not As I Do.

January 24, 2011 by Amanda

I am a slob. And kind of lazy. Those two pieces of me add up to a messy house. I am working on it and trying to keep a tighter rein on my slothful tendencies, but I am also starting to wonder how I can teach my children about being tidy and helpful with chores when I can't seem to master it myself.I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: chores, Domesticity, kids

“Okay. I’m Having a Meltdown in Five…Four…”

September 8, 2009 by Kath

"...three...two...one!" Well, at least she warned us first. My younger daughter, who is six, said this Sunday morning in the van about 2 minutes after we left for the 1.5hour-long drive to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. Her beef? She wanted more money. Well, hell...who doesn't?But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: allowance, chore chart, chores, parenting, parenting blog

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