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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. New snowfall, so new update. I asked my 16 year old to clean up the driveway today. It took him about an hour to get himself to do it but he did. I think after reading all the comments, my lesson learned was that i should have had him working on these tasks at a much earlier age. He really tested my patience today in the time it took him to start shoveling. Normally I would have just yelled at him and done it myself but [b]I kept my cool and praised him[/b] (I don’t do that enough) for shoveling. [/quote]

Good job.  Team work makes the dream work when we all do our part.  My suggestion is that you guys start having weekly family meetings.  It is never too late to start talking about the mechanics of how your household operates and what each person can do to contribute to those mechanics.  Your son needs to see that his expectation to have use of the internet or his cell phone or the family car is directly tied to his contributions to the functioning of the household by doing things like shoveling the driveway or loading the dishwasher or running errands for you.[/quote]

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