Reply to Help me de-infantilize my elementary aged kids

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Help me de-infantilize my elementary aged kids"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]While it's totally valid to expect more, I think you have to view this first as teaching them how to do things, then handing a task over.  It may be tough.

My 6yo wash, dry, fold and put away their laundry.  I remind them on days that we don' have sports afterschool that this is a good day to do it, but that is about it.  If they fail to wash it regularly, they have to wear clothes they don't like.  I don't step in.  They have to put clothes away, and they have to hang certain clothes up (church clothes), but if they wad their school clothes in a drawer, I don't comment.  It is their choice to be wrinkly hobos.  We started this by me folding everything and handing them stacks to put in drawers. Phase 2 was them sorting and folding some clothes (socks, undies, pajamas) alongside me.  Phase 3 they did all folding, phase 4 doing washer and dryer with supervision, phase 5 frequent reminders at every step of the proccess, and now we are in phase 6.

They also keep their rooms neat, help with family meal prep and play pretty well independently and together, but all of these are skills and in order to teach them you need to figure out what the component parts are and teach those.  But the bigger challenge for you and DH is to stop holding yourselves responsible for the children's lives/choices.  You have to be okay with them failing.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics