Solving the Battle of Chores and Allowance

Laura McDonell
5 min readApr 14, 2019

I never thought it would happen! My kids are excited to do chores! And, the best part is that we are not paying them for everything that they do! We have eliminated tears, procrastination, arguments and a messy house! It feels like a dream come true!

When I stop to think about why this plan is successful, there are a few key things that stand out. This time I decided to think like a teacher, “What is my objective? What I am I really trying to teach my kids here? What do I want the end result to look like?

  1. I want my kids to realize

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Laura McDonell

I am a wife, mother, educator, writer, reader and marathon runner. I blog at https://findyourformula.blogspot.com/ Follow me on Twitter at @lmcdonell14