You’ve been thinking about how to delegate the chores.
In fact, you’ve even made a partial list of ones you’re pretty sure your kids could do.
But the rub is, you haven’t actually gotten started on the hand-off process.
Today let’s fix that for you – aka, deal with the mindset blocks that are keeping you from getting some help around the house.
Because you don’t need another chore chart, kids-need-responsibility blog, or magnetic system from Etsy.
You just need to feel worthy of asking for help.
Reframe your chore mindset
So. Try this reframe:
If you let go of the expectations you have around quick laundry changes or perfect celery crescents, you’ll find there’s a lot your kids can do.
Because a lot of what you do in the day is just grunt work. Have some muscles (beyond a 3-year-old’s), get to work.
4-year-old boys are strong enough to drag laundry baskets to the dryer – just don’t expect them to be quiet about it! (Hey, it’s another “boat” to drive, isn’t it?)
And if you’re still not convinced….
You need to feel worthy of asking for help.
The top question about kids & chores
Let’s answer the number #1 question I get from moms about chore delegation.
Q: Isn’t it too hard? There’s so much they don’t know – I have to do it!
A: Well, not really. That’s just your brain-in-a-rut thinking there.
- Do you really think it takes a lot of smarts to chop celery with a table knife, or even rinse that celery in the first place?
- Or stack those plastic kid plates nicely on the counter for someone taller to put away?
- What about transferring laundry loads from the hamper to the washer to the dryer to the couch?
It really doesn’t take all that much capability to help out with a lot of your basic housework tasks, okay?
Other people can do the laundry
Which means there’s no reason for you to keep holding onto most of them in a “nobody but me can do this” kind of way.
(The ultra-sharp knives, meal planning, and driving-to-fetch-groceries ones – sure, you can keep those.)
But the rest? As long as they’re tall enough (or you’ve got enough stools), they can reach the plant on the mantel to water it.
They can lift the laundry basket up to the sofa (or bed) and set the clean clothes on it.
They’re totally capable of climbing onto the counter and carefully stacking their plastic plates back in the cabinet.
All it takes is you being willing to let them do it.
And hey – I’ve got chore charts, all broken up by age and stage of your kids, ready and waiting for you over in the chore delegation module of #Momlife Made Easy!
You’ll see exactly what my kids are doing, at what ages, and how much a real homeschooling, work-from-home mom expects from them.
Plus get all the templates, tools, and trainings you need to set up your own outsourced chore system. Are you ready to never scrub the toilets again?
Are you ready for that?
If you are… Take a look at your laundry routine, unload-the-dishwasher routine, or food prep routine. (Bonus points for all three!)
Where could you start one of your kids off? What looks easiest to do?
No need to stress over the exact right chore to delegate first.
Just hand that one off tonight and see how it goes.
You’ve got this!
