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401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home - by Bonnie Runyan McCullough & Susan Walker Monson (Paperback)

Name: 401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home - by Bonnie Runyan McCullough & Susan Walker Monson (Paperback)
Brand: St. Martin's Griffin
SKU: 85183960
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401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home is an essential book for busy parents who would like to get their kids to share the housework & chores and who would like a systematic program to ensure that their kids know all the basic living skills by the time they leave home at age eighteen.
About the Author: Bonnie McCullough is a professional home-manager, lecturer, mother of five, and author of Bonnie's Household Organizer and Bonnie's Household Budget Book.
245 Pages
Family + Relationships, Parenting

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About the Book

Practical advice from two mothers and household management experts. The authors show parents how to encourage children to enjoy working around the home, and to foster independence and self-esteem.

Book Synopsis

401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home is an essential book for busy parents who would like to get their kids to share the housework & chores and who would like a systematic program to ensure that their kids know all the basic living skills by the time they leave home at age eighteen. Among the topics it covers are:

-How (and when) to assign and teach specific jobs
-How to give positive feedback, incentives, rewards (or punishment)
-How to teach your child to organize his or her bedroom
-How to teach time and money and basic household skills; handing personal hygiene and clothing needs, cooking, nutrition, and shopping skills; exploring and planning a career
-Plus over 400 specific incentive/reward ideas (like charging a nickel for every sock Mom has to pick up)
-It works!

Whether your kids are toddlers or teenagers, you'll find immediately help and direction in Bonnie and Sue's enthusiastic, supportive advice.

About the Author

Bonnie McCullough is a professional home-manager, lecturer, mother of five, and author of Bonnie's Household Organizer and Bonnie's Household Budget Book.

Sue Monson, mother of four, is a professional teacher with an M.A. in educational psychology. They both live in Lakewood, Colorado.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: .75 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 245

Genre: Family + Relationships

Sub-Genre: Parenting

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Bonnie Runyan McCullough & Susan Walker Monson

Language: English

Street Date: December 15, 1981

TCIN: 85183960

UPC: 9780312301477

Item Number (DPCI): 247-63-8246

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.8 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.4 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.75 pounds

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