Coaches’ couch: Kids and chores – have we left it too late?
Ep. 40
Parent coach Kristin Ward joins Jenny and Dayna to talk through the whys and hows of chores and pocket money.
Coaches’ couch: Kids and chores – have we left it too late?
Ep. 40
Parent coach Kristin Ward joins Jenny and Dayna to talk through the whys and hows of chores and pocket money.
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How do you get your kids to do things around the house without nagging or bribing - and does pocket money help or hinder your efforts?
Parent coach Kristin Ward joins Jenny and Dayna to talk through the whys and hows of chores and pocket money. Kristin shares research that suggests there’s a correlation between involving kids in housework and kids completing their education, getting on a career path, forming better relationships with family and friends – and staying away from drugs. How compelling is that?!
In this episode, they also cover: The perfect age to get them started – and how that might look What to do when the kids push back, especially as they get older? How to navigate pocket money and allowances – and whether they should be linked to chores or not. How to manage our own expectations around chores (and not expect perfection!) Teaching teens to manage money through allowances; How to teach kids about sharing.
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Jenny Hale
Jenny has been on the team at Parenting Place for over 25 years. (She is setting a record!) Once upon a time, Jenny was a teacher and an educator for Parents As First Teachers.
Her lifelong passion is working with families and helping them find solutions to the tricky everyday challenges that come hand-in-hand with parenting. Author of Kind, Firm, Calm: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Parenting, Jenny enjoys writing as well as travelling around the country speaking in preschools, schools, churches and community organisations.
Jenny has been married to Stuart for 47 years and adores being a grandma to their three grandkids. Addicted to buying books for her grandchildren, she’d love to write her own children’s books one day, as well as raise free-range chickens and perhaps even take up horse-riding again.
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