Has anyone managed to teach children to enjoy chores?
Please share your tips.
I think it is possible with small children. Because they value the attention.
But what about teenagers?
My mum resented chores. So I think the main thing she taught me was to resent them. Eventually I realised that I needed to stop doing chores because I was "supposed to" and start doing them for me. So I wash the dishes because I hate not having clean things to eat with. And I pay the bills because I don't want to live without light and water. Etc. And I found that when I viewed chores as things that make my life nicer, I liked doing them better.
Is this something that is possible to inspire in a teenager, or something they have to discover for themself?
Of course, there's always the reward/payment route. But I'm very interested if anyone has managed to inspire a love of doing chores. Or had it inspired in themself.
How do you think it happened?