Comments on: Where Does Your Garden Grow? http://www.dreamgardencoaching.com/where-does-your-garden-grow/ Helping Moms find the THING that makes their hearts SING! Tue, 08 May 2012 17:36:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Liz http://www.dreamgardencoaching.com/where-does-your-garden-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Liz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:14:31 +0000 http://dreamgardencoaching.com/?p=941#comment-196 Trish- I'm so with you on housecleaning. It sounds like you've really thought through your steps here: being proactive, delegation, teaching (a biggie!) and of course a reward. We all need those don't we? Love these lists from Martha! Thanks for sharing! Trish- I’m so with you on housecleaning. It sounds like you’ve really thought through your steps here: being proactive, delegation, teaching (a biggie!) and of course a reward. We all need those don’t we? Love these lists from Martha! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Trish Tobin http://www.dreamgardencoaching.com/where-does-your-garden-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Trish Tobin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:37:14 +0000 http://dreamgardencoaching.com/?p=941#comment-195 Hey Liz, One of my weaknesses is definitely housecleaning. Don't like doing it, resent picking up after everyone, don't think I should have to pay someone so that I can raise entitled children. So the design challenge became 'how can I recruit my dream team' to do their fair share of the "homekeeping". My strengths are being proactive (they need to be able to do this for themselves someday), delegation (picking the right kid for the right job) and teaching (they can't be expected to keep a clean room if all you say is "go clean your room). First I needed a list to start with (why reinvent the whee?), then hit the ground running (so far so good: 3 out of 4 participating), and finally something fun to acknowledge their contribution. Here's the list I'm starting with if anyone is interested: http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2009Q3/ms_checklist_weeklyclean.pdf Hey Liz,

One of my weaknesses is definitely housecleaning. Don’t like doing it, resent picking up after everyone, don’t think I should have to pay someone so that I can raise entitled children. So the design challenge became ‘how can I recruit my dream team’ to do their fair share of the “homekeeping”. My strengths are being proactive (they need to be able to do this for themselves someday), delegation (picking the right kid for the right job) and teaching (they can’t be expected to keep a clean room if all you say is “go clean your room).

First I needed a list to start with (why reinvent the whee?), then hit the ground running (so far so good: 3 out of 4 participating), and finally something fun to acknowledge their contribution.

Here’s the list I’m starting with if anyone is interested:

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2009Q3/ms_checklist_weeklyclean.pdf

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