Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is a reminder that many hands do make light work.
Speaker 1: Use the saved time to reward those hands with your
Speaker 1: presence and they might be more eager to help the
Speaker 1: next time. So I'm guessing that many people listening to
Speaker 1: this podcast do a big chunk of the chores at
Speaker 1: their homes. It can be easy to feel resentful, and
Speaker 1: we talked in a recent episode about making the rest fair.
Speaker 1: In some cases it is wise to trade off. But
Speaker 1: for many chores, doing them to gather with multiple people
Speaker 1: can make them go a lot faster than if only
Speaker 1: one person does them. For instance, cleaning the kitchen after
Speaker 1: a meal can be a fast process if one person
Speaker 1: is clearing the table, someone else is packing up leftovers,
Speaker 1: someone else is putting things in the dishwasher, and someone
Speaker 1: else is starting any hand washing that needs to get done.
Speaker 1: Taking out the trash is quite a production in my
Speaker 1: house as we have a long driveway, but if each
Speaker 1: child over the age of nine or so takes a
Speaker 1: can down, it is a one trip deal. Same with
Speaker 1: taking the cans back up. One person going back and
Speaker 1: forth can take twenty minutes to grab five cans. I'm
Speaker 1: serious that it is a long driveway. If I let
Speaker 1: four children out at the bottom of the hill when
Speaker 1: we're coming home from something, and they each take one
Speaker 1: to two cans, depending on age, this is just a
Speaker 1: three to four minute job. It is good to share
Speaker 1: chores to make sure everyone is contributing, but beyond that,
Speaker 1: when sharing chores freeze up time, that time can then
Speaker 1: be used. Many times, kids or even spouses want the
Speaker 1: person who is doing most of the chores to spend
Speaker 1: more time with them, so make this a clear trade off.
Speaker 1: I will watch a video with you on your favorite
Speaker 1: YouTube channel after we take out the cans together. If
Speaker 1: we don't take them together, we won't have time to
Speaker 1: do it. Or I'd love to play pool with you
Speaker 1: all after we clean the kitchen together. If I don't
Speaker 1: have help with the kitchen, though, I won't have enough
Speaker 1: time to play pool before I need to start the
Speaker 1: bedtime routine. For younger kids, many hands make light work. Yes,
Speaker 1: the work has to get done, but when the work
Speaker 1: is lighter, there is more time.
Speaker 2: When this time is spent having fun together. Doing that
Speaker 2: work together probably seems more appealing. It might be worth
Speaker 2: letting people know that. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 2: our taks. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 2: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach.
Speaker 1: Me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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