Listing The Do’s and Dont’s of Childhood
Some times our kid’s need a little helping hand in remembering what we ask them to do. If you are a parent of a child who is old enough to start helping out around the house…You will know what I mean.
Some children just do not comprehend and know how to complete tasks from start to finish. So they ask mom or dad over and over how to do whatever it is they are attempting to do.
I thought I would take a moment and list a few things that might be great to put on a child’s list of To Do’s and To Not Do’s. Making a list and posting it in words your child can read will not only help you save all the questions. It will also help you to encourage your child to read.
Toddlers Ages 3 to 5
1. Pick up your toys.
2. Put your toys where they belong.
3. Put your dirty clothes in the hamper.
4. When you are done playing put your things
away.
Kindergartners Ages 5 to 6
1. Pick up your things in your room.
2. Put everything where it should go.
3. Put your dirty clothes in the hamper.
4. Set out your clothes for the next morning.
5. Try and make your bed.
6. Help set the table.
Children Ages 6 to 10
1. Clean your room.
2. Make your bed.
3. Put toys away and other play items.
4. Put dirty clothes in the hamper
5. Help fold and put clean clothes away.
6. Help set the table.
7. Learn to pick up around the front room.
8. Learn to vacuum.
9. Learn to dust and clean surfaces in bathroom.
Children Ages 10 to 12
1. Clean your room.
2. Make your bed.
3. Put belongings away after play or use.
4. Put dirty clothes in hamper.
5. Help fold and put clean clothes away.
6. Set the table and wash dishes.
7. Learn to clean and vacuum front room.
8. Clean the bathroom.
9. Take care of personal belongings.
10. Put your bike away or any outside items.
11. Feed and take care of a pet.
12. Take out the trash.
13. Help around the house.
14. Be willing to learn new things.
Teenagers 13 and up
1. Do all of the above listed things.
2. Help mow the lawn and pick up around the yard.
3. Do extra chores for added allowances.
4. Baby sit as you grow more responsible.
5. Clean the house.
6. Learn to cook a little.
7. Learn to do laundry.
8. Learn the value of money.
9. Do some volunteer work.
Now Don’ts For All Ages.
1. Do not break house rules.
2. Do not talk to strangers.
3. Do not go any place alone or without
your parents permission.
4. Do not disrespect other people.
5. Do not talk back to teachers, parents or
people with authority.
6. Do not leave your bike or belongings in
places they do not belong.
7. Do not go places by your self.
8. Do not leave your mess for others to clean up.
9. Do not hit, kick or bite.
10. Follow all of your parents DO NOT Rules.
I am sure you get the basic idea of what you want your child to do and to not do. Just make up a list and post it on the door. You may want to add a how to clean your room list. It is always helpful to use simple words that the kids understand and can relate too. You may want to show them where the dirty clothes go.
Just a few ideas to help make life a little easier and more pleasant on the home front.
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July 21st, 2010 at 4:26 am
This is a good list and lwish parents will find it very interesting as l’ve had.
I liked the “Don’t For All Ages” segment of it.Thanks, you’ve done a wonderful job.
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:17 am
Great list. My children are all adults now but every Saturday morning we would spend a couple of hours doing the housework together. We would then make lunch and have a special treat in the afternoon, like a walk to the park or rollerblading.
They learned responsibility, and also a great time to communicate together. Also liked the “Don’t For All Ages” list. Respect for others is the most important thing here. Also would add “With rights comes responsibility. You are responsible for your own actions, and responsible for your own outcomes.”
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Getting the to do all the above starts with skills much earlier and if they don’t have them, then we mums are pulling our hair out with frusration.
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Getting them to do all the above starts with skills much earlier and if they don’t have them, then we mums are pulling our hair out with frusration
July 25th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I’m not a parent yet, my wife is pregnant so I will become one and education is one of my main concerns. I moved to China few years ago and I see with frustration how authority is terribly confused with authoritarianism especially in schools.
This is a great list of Do’s and Do Not’s but I have to disagree with just one Do Not. The “Do not talk back to teachers, parents or
people with authority”. I think that from an early age kids must speak their mind and be tough to stand for what they think and believe, of course always with respect and with arguments.
That is a good way to create responsibility and independence in our kids.
July 29th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing this. I think as parents we sometimes overlook common sense solutions for getting our kids to listen and participate.
August 5th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Wow, what a great list, you must have spent some time thinking about that. Having great difficulty at the moment getting the kids to help tidy up after a meal as several other things off your list.
I will keep at them.
Andrea