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[quote=Anonymous]PP offered some really great suggestions on how to differentiate and deal with different issues (mandatory needs, personal preferences, annoying but normal cohabitation differences, etc.) and I just wanted to say that I'd recommend having your AP and your children sit down together (with or without you) and come up with a list of daily chores - this could be a list at the doorway of each room asking "Have you wiped the table? Have you emptied the sink? Is there any trash left on the counters?" or "Is your bed made? Are the clothes in the hamper? Is your light turned off?" or it could be an end-of-the-day whole-house reset list, whatever you think would work best. Having them brainstorm this list together and then make an arts and crafts project out of actually writing out/decorating/hanging the lists where everyone will see them can go a long way toward having the AP on board. When you ask her to manage this activity with your DCs reiterate how important it is to you that the adults in the house lead as role models on these tasks and that's why you want them to do it with her - because she is a role model and can help to teach them etc etc.[/quote]

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