The Debate: Paying Your Children to Do Chores
The debate this week will cover the topic of paying your children to do chores around your house. Photo: David Reber's Hammer Photography The premise: Children should be compensated for working in the house. This could be in terms of $X per item completed or on an hourly basis. My position: I don't believe that children should be paid to...
Foto Friday: Chalk Drawings
When we were at one of those dollar type stores, we picked up some chalk. Just a little sidewalk chalk. Just to have around...because chalk is fun. Unfortunately it has just been too darn hot to go outside to do...anything! Except for one day last week. We had a little break from the heat. The girls grabbed the chalk and headed outside. I...
Movies from My Childhood
On a recent post on free and low-cost ideas for families, one of the ideas was watching movies at home. One of my readers, Alana @ Domestically Challenged, suggested getting movies from the library. I decided to take this a step farther and find movies that I enjoyed as a child and share them with my girls. It wasn't easy! I did a couple of...
Daily Chores
[caption id="attachment_302" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="photo by HiltonLange"][/caption] I'm running a poll on my blog this week: "You Your Children do chores around the house?" Please take a minute to take the poll - let me know what you think. I'm going to write a series of posts about chores over the next couple of weeks. With...
Video: Summertime Feng Shui for your Kids
Summertime is a great time to get into your kid's room and do some reorganizing - clean out the dresser and closet so that when you go back to school shopping for clothes you know exactly what they need. This video talks about how to update a kids room with a little feng shui. Have you worked with your child on their room? Which area needs...
Free and Low-Cost Summer Ideas for Families
Shh...do you hear it? The sound of children around the country crying..."I'm bored...There's nothing to do!" Summer is a time for being laid back. We over-schedule ourselves so much during the school year, that I enjoy it when summer comes and we can slow things down a little. But...the kids don't seem to feel that way. They are use to being on...
