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After-School Activities: Household Chores
After a hard day’s
work, we like to come home and engage in something which
will take our minds off the day’s events, whether it’s
tending to the garden, or finishing a birdhouse for the back
yard. Kids need the same kind of release when they come home
from school.
In order to help them get rid of the day’s stresses, a great
idea would be to assign household chores. Making a list and
sticking it on the refrigerator so that whether you are home
or not, your kids will be able to determine what has to be
done that day.
Chores can range from raking leaves, mowing the lawn,
cleaning up their rooms, changing the beds, or doing a load
of laundry. If you have a pet at home, walking the dog as
soon as the kids come home is not only a great exercise for
the kids, but you can be sure your pet will be grateful too.
Perhaps you’ve already taught your kids to begin the
preparations for dinner, such as setting the table, taking
the meat or chicken out of the freezer, or washing the
vegetables to be served that night.
Age appropriate chores for kids not only aids your kids in
releasing tension, irritability, and a need to act out, but
helps you to keep your house in order as well. Again,
depending on the age of the kids, there are a variety of
chores they can do to help you and them. In addition, you
may wish to add on a reward of some type or a small
compensation for their achievement.
School work and tests can drain kids emotionally, and having
a few simple chores will energize them and give them a sense
of accomplishment and self-worth.
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