Kids Housekeeping Made Easy

When there is a limited amount of time to accomplish a task, one tends to hurry to get it done. That is why when you want something done, you should give it to a busy person.

For example, if you know that you have a book report due at 10:00am tomorrow morning (a limited amount of time) you will probably work on it until it is finished even if it takes all night. If you do not have a deadline for finishing your book report, it may take you weeks or months to do what could be accomplished in one evening.

The same is true for children. If they feel like they have all day to make their bed, they will probably take all day to do it. Giving them a specific amount of time (2 minutes) to accomplish the task enables them to do it quickly, which frees up the rest of their day to do other things.

This is the principle that has been designed into Children’s Miracle Music after 15 years of research. Both morning and evening kids chores are set to specific timed music tracks on a CD.

The limited amount of time can also be a fun kids motivator — as ‘beating the clock’ becomes the game. Since a brain can only think of one thing at a time and the focus is now on seeing if you can finish the task before the set time frame INSTEAD of focusing on the task (eg cleaning the toilet), the time spent is like a game. And games are fun.

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