Chores, The Short List - Working Mother, Working Father

Somewhere between your cleaning service and the standard at which you want your home is a small list of chores you are going to have to handle yourself. I can’t handle Epic’s hair, and Caleb firmly believes toilets should always exude a faint whiff of bleach.

As with our chat about dividing up task hours, you’re gong to want to quantify how much time these take so you can divvy things up appropriately.

My extremely Catholic grandmother used to get in a huff over people being stubborn and not asking for help. She said they were denying others the opportunity to be charitable.

God bless her for instilling that particular gem in my mind.

So, identify your short list of weekly chores, divide and conquer, and always consider how others can take on occasional small lifts for you.

There is no need for you to do everything. And honestly, everyone doing their part models the right lesson for your children. No one is above chores, even houseguests, and no one is automatically stuck with all of them because their name happens to be “mom.”

Remember, you’re raising future tiny houseguests and spouses!

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