Getting your kids to vacuum around the home may not be easy, but it’s well worth making the effort. As well as helping you to keep your home spic and span, encouraging your children to get stuck into household tasks teaches them valuable life skills.

Here are some top tips that could help you persuade your brood to ditch their video games in favour of a vacuum.

The right tools for the job

If you want your kids to help you out around the house, you’ll need to provide them with the right gear. For example, if you don’t have one already, it may be worth investing in a compact and lightweight Dyson hoover. Bear in mind that children will struggle to manoeuvre heavy or clumbersome vacuums.

A team effort

So that household chores don’t seem like a punishment to your youngsters, it helps to tackle these tasks as a team. You can set different jobs in the same room as your children, or perhaps you’d prefer to spread out and work on separate rooms simultaneously. This communal approach tends to be much more effective than simply issuing orders.

Some entertainment

There’s no rule that says cleaning has to be boring. To liven things up a little and to stop your kids losing interest, try playing some of their favourite tunes or funny family podcasts in the background. OK, so you might not hear much while the vacuum’s on, but some background entertainment is great when you’re doing quieter chores.

The promise of a reward

No parent is above a little bribery from time to time and there’s nothing wrong with promising your kids a reward when the cleaning’s over. This will give your children something to look forward to. Your treat could be anything from a game to their favourite meal.

Introducing your youngsters to vacuuming and other cleaning chores might take some time and effort, but these simple tips should help.

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 Posted by Charlotte on July 27, 2014 Uncategorized  Add comments

  2 Responses to “Encouraging Your Kids To Vacuum Around The Home – Guest Post”

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    with my young nieces I have always tried to get them used to the idea that when you finish playing with one game you tidy it up before playing with another. I also try and turn the putting things away bit into a game, where we will compete to see who can put the most stuff away or see if we can put it all away before we count to 10.

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