Beth Myers
Teaching your child how to do chores is important and essential for their growth and development. Most kids may not enjoy it, but it helps create structure and good habits, while also teaching them important social and emotional lessons.
When you teach your kids how to do chores, they learn the importance of responsibility and doing their part for the improvement of their surroundings or their quality of life.
Having your child make their own bed in the morning is a great introductory chore for them. It’s very simple and easy to learn. Not to mention, it takes little to no time to do.
Of course, you have to teach them exactly how to do it before it can become a habit for them. It’s important to be as specific as possible by giving them the instructions step-by-step.
It’s also helpful if you demonstrate how to do each step to clear any confusions they might have and talk through the entire process. Then, you can let them try it out for themselves.
It might be sloppy and disheveled at first but that’s okay. Learning a new thing is always an uphill battle. So, it doesn’t get too overwhelming for them, you can try having them focus on a new skill every time they make the bed instead of expecting them to master everything in one go.
This specific task of making the bed is the perfect chore to assign to them because it requires completion every day and is relatively easy to do. This gets them used to completing chores and can even give them the motivation to finish other chores on their own.
