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Daily Cleaning Routine

Do you have a daily cleaning routine? Whether you call it this or daily chores, it’s important to have something in place so that you can keep up. Some things must necessarily be done on a daily basis, such as washing dishes. Other things depend on your standards, the number of people in your family and the expectations. For instance, some of the things in my home that must be done daily include laundry, sweeping, dishes, wiping counters, surface cleaning of the bathroom, making beds and so on. Everyone’s daily list will look different. If you can set aside a … Continue reading →

A Fresh, Clean Start

January 1st, our opportunity to make a fresh start, in any area of our life that we choose. I’ve made some resolutions but more than resolutions I’ve tried to look at different areas of my life and decide what I want things to look like going through 2012 and beyond. I spend a lot of time stressed out about the cleanliness of my house. When I was younger I had a housecleaning business for about eight years, I know the difference between surface clean and really clean. Usually my house is surface clean, most people who come in would think … Continue reading →

Different Standards of Clean

I really like a clean house, my daughter could care less, messes and disorganization do not bother her. I have tried and tried to teach my daughter to deal with clutter and messes but it’s pretty hard to deal with things that are invisible. Hailey and I are so different when it comes to what constitutes a clean home, anything out of place bugs me, she doesn’t even see it. Years of making her clean her room have brought home exactly how different our versions of clean are. When I say clean I mean dusted, vacuumed, organized, bed made, everything … Continue reading →

Who Cleans a Child’s Room?

So many details and realities of family life are up for debate—constant debate. Who cleans a child’s room is one of those controversial topics which, if you got ten different parents in a room together, you would likely have ten different opinions (or at least three or four different camps of opinions.) So, how does it work in your household? Some families let children have complete domain over their own rooms. This means that Mom and Dad just shut the door and leave the child to keep it clean—or not—depending on his or her own personal taste and style. In … Continue reading →

Obviously “Clean” Means Different Things to My Kids and Me

I hope you will come along with me on a little imaginary exercise…imagine that you are in my little, humble abode and you hear me say to one of my kids, “Please, clean you room before you leave for the weekend.” Later, you would hear the youngster say, “My room’s clean, I’m leaving now.” However, when I walk into the room as the door is slamming solidly downstairs, I see a bed that is askew, bits of paper all over the floor, an open closet door with something draped and hanging out of it, stacks of books and papers on … Continue reading →

Dolphin Intelligence Sparks New Ethics Debate

A unit in my college environmental ethics class studied the different ethics systems we follow in order to determine how we treat others. It focused on sentient verses non-sentient: the idea that some life, although not as intelligent as humanity, is still aware of itself (animal) and that other, while still alive, has no self-awareness (plant). The question of sentience was one factor used to determine what level of ethical treatment was appropriate for different members of the environment. Up until now humans for the most part have lumped all animals into one category and treated them the same: humanely, … Continue reading →

Age Appropriate Chores for Kids

As parents it is our job to make sure our kids grow up to be responsible citizens of society, part of that is teaching them the value of hard work. One of the best ways to teach this is through giving your child chores during the week. Even your little ones can help around the house. The younger you start, the easier it will be, but don’t worry kids can learn to work at any age, so if you haven’t started yet, it’s ok, they just might fight you a little harder on it at first. Kids don’t want to … Continue reading →

And Snap, the Job’s a Game!

Getting your kids to do chores around the house may seem like an impossible task. Let’s face it you probably don’t like vacuuming anymore than they do, so of course they are going to fight you on it! The younger you start the easier it will be. Believe it or not, even your toddler can help with simple chores around the house. Time to get those creative juices flowing! The more fun your kids are having the more likely they are to want to do chores the next time you ask them. Turn on some music and see who can … Continue reading →

Help With Housework

The makers of Scrubbing Bubbles have released the results from their second annual Dirty Work Index. They surveyed 2000 men and women and found that women still do most of the housework and as much as we may complain about that, it doesn’t seem that we are ready to give up the housecleaning limelight. Most women say they want more help around the house but they are not confident that their husbands can clean to their standards so they just do it themselves. Men feel they are helping more around the house but are not getting credit for it, and … Continue reading →

Mommy’s Little Helper…Sort of

I have been blessed with a child who loves to help; I mean really loves to help. If Mommy is trying to fold the laundry he thinks he needs to “fold” too. After which he promptly feels the need to jump into each of the piles, because what’s the sense in folding laundry if you’re not going to jump in it afterward, right? At three years old, he loves to sweep, mop, vacuum, clean bathrooms, do laundry, and just about anything else around the house. Having him “help” may take me three times as long, but he is learning little … Continue reading →