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[quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids? Mine are 2.5 and 4.5 and they're really helpful while cooking or folding laundry. You just have to get them working. They set the table (the 2 year old in particular likes doing silverware), get waters for everyone and they like helping to mix pancake mix or pour eggs onto the pan. They aren't the best folders, but they easily can put the clothes away and carry everything upstairs.

What my adhd DH struggles with is doing a task AND keeping the house clean at the same time. For instance, last week was our inhome daycare's vacation week and DH took off to watch the kids. He had lots of activities, they all were fed on time and napped on time... but the house was TRASHED every single day (I mean requiring 3-4 hours of cleaning after). I just don't get it. I make the kids clean with me as we go from task to task. Even while cooking I clean as I go and he can't seem to do it.

My only solution is to make my kids more helpful and cleaner, so there's 3 of us to counteract DH's lack of executive functioning skills. [/quote]

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