In Episode 9 of The IMbetween Podcast, Daniel and Christina Im talk about splitting chores, divvying up responsibilities and how to get stuff done.
In This Episode, You Will Hear About:
- Why assigning chores to everyone is important
- How to split responsibilities with your spouse and your children
- How the way you were raised will influence what you believe is “normal”
- How birth order affects your “normals”
- How your “normals” affect what expectations of chores you place on your children
- Why instilling a “team mindset” in your children is important
- What age-appropriate child chores look like
- The importance of executive functioning in chores and how to teach your children executive skills
- How we can serve one another through chores
- When it is time to hire a house-cleaner
- Why silence is important
- How having a daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning schedule can help keep you on track
Resources Mentioned During the Episode:
- Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential – a WONDERFUL book that describes the importance of executive skills and functioning
- Compassion International – the organization that we sponsor children with
- Daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning schedule ideas
Quotables:
- “Let’s hold hands while we take the trash out.”
- “I’ll spoon you while you’re cooking.”
- “It is our normals that affect our current behavior and expectations.”
- “Marriages are happier and have a greater level of satisfaction when the chores are split evenly between spouses.”
- “Sometimes you just gotta do what you have to do, even if you don’t feel like doing it.”
- “Gameify your children’s’ chores.”
- “We want to raise our children to be problem solvers.”
- “A part of problem-solving is to know and realize what the problems are.”
- “If I do it, they are never going to learn.”
- “We needed to get rid of stuff so that our stuff wasn’t owning us, wasn’t owning our hearts, wasn’t owning our time.”
- “When it comes to getting things done, it is important that we exemplify and have the heart of serving one another.”
- “Once in a while, try to do something in complete silence.”
- “I don’t have the time to reflect unless I make the time.”
- “Your best ideas come when you are in the shower or on the can.”
- “The most creative individuals make space to not think and to not continue to go.”
- “Have an honest conversation with your spouse about chore expectations.”
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