Maid Right Shares Benefits Of Chore Charts

Press release from Maid Right:

June 4, 2021

With many Americans still working and learning from home, now is the perfect opportunity to empower kids to help around the house with a 5-minute chore chart. Angela Clayton, owner of Phoenix’s Maid Right, one of the nation’s leading residential and commercial cleaning service franchises with 20 locations, shares tips to get kids motivated to help out around the house.

Make it Visual
Use a bulletin board to create a colorful, fun visual list of each chore, paired with each reward, to get kids excited to play. Implementing a cleaning and chore chart that’s interactive helps establish boundaries and responsibilities at an early age. Parents can choose to assign higher rewards to less desirable chores, like cleaning toilets. The key is not to start with the highest prize, but to enact the system of cleaning into their regular routine.

Create Fun Rewards
Not all rewards have to be cash prizes. Think of fun perks like a later bedtime, an extra book at bedtime, a small toy at the grocery store, an ice cream date or picking the family dinner one night. Be creative—and get your child involved in building and discussing their responsibilities and what rewards will motivate them.

Be Age-Appropriate
Make sure that the chores you include won’t frustrate your kids. It’s important to build the chore chart based on age. Break down tasks from complex to simple, so, the younger the age, the simpler the chore assignment. For example, consider assigning the younger child to put clothes in the hamper, and an older, taller sibling to wipe down the counters.

Change It Up
Over time, as your children master each chore, add on new (more difficult) chores and different prizes to keep them engaged. Establish a standardized set of chores but allow them to progress by building on that responsibility over time. Most importantly, mix it up and make it fun!

Use these tips from Maid Right’s cleaning experts to help kids of all ages get motivated to do their chores and make meaningful contributions to the household.

“By implementing a cleaning and chore chart that’s fun and interactive, it helps establish
boundaries and responsibilities at an early age,” Clayton said. “It’s important for children to help
around the house and include responsibilities on the chore chart based on age range.”

This press release was produced by Maid Right. The views expressed here are the author's own.