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Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Archive for the ‘Chores’ Category

July 2nd, 2006

I was cruising around the Home Parenting at About.com and saw this topic being discussed and it took me back to when my kids were that age. To be quite honest I don’t remember either one of them cutting the grass before they hit their teens. And then it was only my son who […]

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June 27th, 2006

That Thing Called an Iron

Over at The Mommy Files, Amanda decided to save a little money by unpacking her iron and ironing four shirts for her husband. All I can say is that she must have done an amazing job as she devoted an entire 45 minutes to it. I’m lucky if I iron any more than ten minutes […]

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June 7th, 2006

Do It Now… Can Backfire

From the time the kids were little, I insisted on a tidy bedroom. I tried to point out to them, that if they did a little each day, the room wouldn’t become messy. So, each evening before TV, they were sent in to do a few minutes of tidying up.
Jamie hated it. He could care […]

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