Carrie Farris

Hi,
I do house work the Fly Lady way (www.flylady.net), it has really improved
our household. I have three little ones 6,4, and 2 and they all have chores
they have to do. They have to keep their rooms clean, help with laundry.My
oldest has other chores she does: feed the animals, help set the table and
help clear it after every meal. She does not get allowance for doing her
bedroom and laundry, but she does get $0.25 a week for the rest of the
stuff.
Hope this helps,
Carrie

From: "Lauren <laurenstranahan@...>" <laurenstranahan@...>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Intro
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 15:03:40 -0000

Hello,

My name is Lauren. I joined this list quite awhile ago but never
participated.

I'm 34, married, and have 4 kids. Our boys are almost 17, 10 and 21
months. Our daughter is 3 1/2.

We are a very unstructured, unconventional family, but I'm not sure
if this is actually working for us now. Our home is constantley
tettering on the edge of disaster. Household help is not given
unless I give a very specific request. Things that need to be done
are done at the last minute, and so on ... I am curious about what
other unschooler's 'routines' or scheduals are like.

I am also interested in what other opinions are on how much
housework/chores should be expected of 17 & 10 year old boys who are
not spending 8 hours or more a day at a school.

Thanks in advance.

Lauren
Austin, TX



Carrie
God Loves A Cheerful FlyLady!!

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Sandie K. Garrett

I do house work the Fly Lady way (www.flylady.net), it has really improved
our household.

Woo Hoo Carrie - I'm a FlyBaby, too :) and I'm finally getting the house
under control and the kids eager to help. I also apply some of FlyLady's
principals to our unschooling routine so nobody gets overwhelmed or anxious
feeling like we "have to" get certain things done...we know whatever we're
doing is what we're doing at the moment, and we're never behind so we don't
have to worry about trying to catch up. My girls are much more focused on
the theme of the moment and don't worry about how long it takes or how long
they want to spend on any given topic, subject, or activity. I don't think
I could be successfully guiding my kids and feel good about everything we
accomplish without having experienced FlyLady!

I also encourage anyone interested in a guilt-free approach to household
chores to take a look!

~ Sandie ~


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