House of Order 
Morning Routine Troubles(0)
Rewarding work with more work? That’s the solution I came up with to entice Emeline (7 years old) to get her morning work done in 15 minutes. It had been taking her an hour to get dressed, make her bed, put away her clothes and brush her hair. Yelling, threats, and pulling out my hair [...]
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The 7 Habits of Happy Kids
I can’t tell you how many times I hear “Mom, I’m cold” or “hungry” or “bored” or “I can’t sleep.” I suggest to them that they need to figure out how to solve their own problem, which suggestion is immediately followed by whining about how their problem is the end of the world and there [...]
Here Comes the Room Inspector…
The only way I’ve found to ensure that my kids’ rooms will be perfectly clean is to have an official room inspection. I expect to find blankets lying smoothly on the bed, the floor and dresser top clear, and the windows and walls clean. It must be vacuumed and dusted whenever needed or they are [...]
Making Work Fun!
My kids love to make up games while they are working. Recently, Emeline and Joshua have made a laundry station (if you can’t go to the International Space Station- a laundry station is 2nd best). They collect the laundry from the various “states” in the house. At Joshua’s station the laundry is sorted and washed. [...]
