My boys help out. Its great and its also good at teaching them :)

A positive way to encourage them to look after their things, shows that that housework doesnt miraculously dissappear or is done by faries at night.....AND being able to do a variety of housework jobs is possibly the best set of skills you can share with your child. I heard an interesting comment the other day and a young woman was employed in the hospitality industry and her manager rang her mother and said this girl needs to do some housework she has no cleaning skills. I would have been mortified at the thought of this happening to me, this mum apparently didnt see the problem and the only reason I am sharing is because I think it is essential as parents we encourage our littlies to learn about basic cleaning, cooking and mending and I believe the earlier the better. All my children were encouraged to do "chores" around the house as they were growing up and when I felt they were old enough do do a job properly there were no 1/2 jobs done. Eventually they have moved out and on but my boys shared a house when they first moved out and yes it became a 'boys' house but if they new mum was visiting and yes I would let them know in advance I was popping by to be fair because then I knew I could have a coffee in a clean cup and go to the loo without dire consequences ! That was a few years ago these days you can visit any time they realised that a 'boys" place might be fun for a while but when you clean as you go you dont have to do hours of work when it mounts up.

ive tried this too but they have decided that would rather mess up whatever i have just done instead. and so the cycle continues. lol i swear i could clean non stop for 24hrs and it would look like ive done nothing!

I get Breanna to help as much as possible it is great for the both of us  it usually takes twice as long but it is twice as much fun LOL

Taylor loves to close the fridge door even when there is someone standing i his way *whack* so now instead of telling him off I encourage him to close the door. He knows how to push the front door open and close it, don't you just love it when the look of triumph comes over their sweet little faces awww lol