The Children You Want with the Kids You Have

The Children You Want With the Kids You Have is full of age specific charts for chores, Fast-Clean and Deep-Clean check-off lists, instructions for setting up your own Teaching Children to Work Master Plan, and the right thing to say and the right way to say it to get their jobs done. 

Table of Contents

PREPARE TO PARENT BETTER
  Prepare to Train 
  Prepare to Show 
  Prepare to Nurture 
  Prepare to Teach 
 

TRAIN THEM
  Set Up a Master Plan 
  Obedience is 1st, Honesty is 2nd, and Their Bedroom is 3rd 
  For Children 2-6, A Time to Teach and Love 
  For Children 6-12, A Time to Train and Support 
  For Youth 12-18, A Time to Become Independent 

SHOW THEM 
  Properly Delegate Household Jobs 
  Finish What You Start 
  Job Training the Best Way 
  Moving from Yes/No Choices to Yes/Yes Choices 
  Self-Initiative: The End Goal 

NURTURE THEM
  Become Consistent, Insistent, and Persistent 
  Make the Unpleasurable More Pleasurable 
  Use Family Councils and a Family Mission Statement 

TEACH THEM
  Teach Them to Live Simply 
  Teach Them to Wait Longer 
  Teach Them to Share Better 
  Teach Them to Save More 
  Teach Them to Cooperate Kindly 
  Teach Them to Work Harder 
  Teach Them to Feel Grateful