We just had another chore shuffle, when chores shuffle down to the younger kids. It is always a lot of work, so I need to be in the "right mood" to take it on. It is work because we have kids trained to do certain things, and then we mix up the system and new kids need to be trained on everything. We just gave Daniel his first room clean up (for night) and he is also helping to set the table now. Sarah is cleaning up another room and is starting to feed the cats. Angela is moving on to the cleaning the basement in the evening. Miriam is starting the glorious job of washing little bowls. (We run our dishwasher only once a day, and bowls don't fit well, so we have someone wash the bowls by hand.) Joseph is washing big bowls (mixing bowls and glass bowls) and Isaac is washing pots and pans!
We're also moving laundry responsibilities around.
It is all good. I really believe that part of being a good parent is teaching our children how to manage a household. They won't grow up and do household chores exactly the way we do, but we're giving the kids the tools they need to keep a house/apartment/houseboat/floating dirigible/whatever manageably tidy.
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