chores

A mum is receiving tonnes of support online after she shared an awkward situation she landed in with one of her aunt’s over her parenting style. The mum-of-one asked for the public’s opinion on her decision to assign chores to her two-year-old daughter. She initially explained that her little one is at the age where […]

2 years ago

A dad has gone viral on TikTok after making a short video listing the ways he helps his partner with the kids while he is out of town for work. If solo-parenting is something you take on regularly, then you’ll know that even the smallest bit of help from your partner goes a long way. […]

3 years ago

A mum has taken to the internet pleading for advice from other parents who are dealing with ‘unmotivated’ kids. Her daughter, who is almost 20 years old, is refusing to get a job but wants money handed to her. She won’t attend college, but doesn’t want to work for money and has never held down […]

3 years ago

Genius. One mum’s family chore chart recently went viral, with parents applauding her for her genius system. Working on a points system, Australian mum-of-two Keira Alexander created a spreadsheet that gives points for doing chores around the house, but fines for things such as clothes or towels on the floor, a messy room, backchat, or being […]

3 years ago

It benefits them as much as it helps you. Kids’ chores have always played a massive role in Irish households. From the days of large families where older siblings had big responsibilities in earning, helping to maintain the home and looking after the younger kids, household duties went hand in hand with the Irish childhood […]

4 years ago

Parents of teens, take note… Getting kids and teens to clean their rooms can be quite the task. As they grow older, they spend more and more time in their bedroom, which often become pits of clothes-strewn floors and empty dishes or snack wrappers. A lot of the time, parental warnings about the likelihood of […]

5 years ago