Children Who Do Too Little: Why Your Kids Need to Work Around the House (And How to Get Them to Do It) [Paperback]

Patricia Houck Sprinkle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 1996

Using stories and plenty of humor, Patricia Sprinkle argues persuasively that children need to do chores to develop basic life skills.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Many parents, rather than fighting their children over chores, would rather do the chores themselves. %But Patricia Sprinkle argues convincingly and entertainingly that kids need to do chores. They need to develop basic life skills such as cooking and cleaning. They need to learn responsibility and the value of hard work. In short, they need to learn how to become dependable, capable adults. %In Children Who Do Too Little, Sprinkle shows why and how parents should teach their children household skills and gives suggestions for making teaching easier. She discusses: Why we do it all for our children Guidelines for good family meetings How to get kids to work Cleaning tips that make life easier How to handle the child's own room Cleaning games to make work fun The pay-for-work vs. allowance debate %Complete with a discussion guide, Children Who Do Too Little is a book every parent will benefit from and every child as well! "More than a read-it-once-and-stick-it-on-your-shelf' book. . . . a daily manual for parents who struggle with the task of exhorting their children to become responsible adults."

Barbara Johnson, AUTHOR, Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy "One of the best books I have ever read explaining why chores are mandatory and how to incorporate them into the child's routine."

Robert Barnes, AUTHOR, Raising Confident Kids

From the Author

Patricia H. Sprinkle is a freelance writer whose nonfiction books include Women Who Do Too Much and Women Home Alone. She is also the author of seven mystery novels. Patricia and her husband, a pastor, live in Miami and have two sons

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company (November 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310211468
• ISBN-13: 978-0310211464
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,437,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chores make everyone happier in the long run, May 4, 2004

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Dale Edmonds (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Children Who Do Too Little: Why Your Kids Need to Work Around the House (And How to Get Them to Do It) (Paperback)

A striaghtforward clear book that discusses why kids should do chores and how it helps them, lays out why they don't, different techniques and practical ideas for helping them to, and is just a really good and useful book. A little religious, but staunch atheist as I am, nothing more than say Fly Lady.

Really really worth buying if you're trying to figure out why you feel guilty over making your kids do chores but angry when they don't.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars must read if you have children!, March 15, 2008

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This review is from: Children Who Do Too Little (Paperback)

This book is top notch. It is well written and hard to put down! I own a cleaning business and I train mom's to clean and teach their kids to clean. This is my most highly recommended resources as a starting point for parenting and teaching life skills.

I love the format and I love the fact that it has discussion questions for mom's who want to use this in a small group book study format.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening for parents, November 19, 2009

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I did like the book a lot as it made me rethink my responcibilites as a parent and wife. I will definitely keep it as a reference book as my children grow.