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Raise Responsible Kids

#57: Raising Independent Kids – A Path to Parental Freedom

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(Excerpt from audio/video): I wanted to talk about today: what it looks like for parents when the kids are involved and that they are responsible and self-sufficient. There is more freedom for the parents. And there is kind of like a glimpse of what their future is going to be like and it’s a good one. I promise you it’s a good one …

Introduction and Topic Reveal
Hey guys, welcome to another episode of Parenting Guide Organizing Habits Made Easy Podcast. Now if you’re wondering where I’m at, I’m in the car waiting for my kid to finish his class . So I decided to just pop open my phone and instead of playing my usual video games, I said why not record a podcast episode while I’m waiting?

 The Concept of Freedom in Parenting
So today’s topic is all about freedom. And I’m talking about freedom because once you have kids helping out at home on a consistent basis or kind of like on a like a chart you start seeing the difference in your own life. Meaning that because the kids are taking more responsibilities at home, that leaves you with initially, a few minutes of time for yourself or time to focus more on something else, that can eventually lead to longer minutes of more freedom and more focus on things that you want to focus on and for things that really matter to you, okay? So this episode has to do with freedom and what it looks like once the kids are following a organized, an organizational chart, like a chore chart or an activity chart. And that they are contributing to the home and And that they’re contributing to the home. So I wanted to give you some examples to have some real life examples of people who’ve had these freedoms in their home.

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Home organizing, Lead together

54: Handling the Mess Made by Kids

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In today’s podcast we explore the challenges faced by parents in keeping their homes clean when they have kids. I discuss various strategies and tips for handling the mess made by kids. From dealing with spills and stains to organizing toys and maintaining cleanliness, the episode provides practical advice and insights to help parents maintain a clean and organized living space. Join me as we tackle the messy side of parenting and discover how to create a harmonious balance between a clean home and the joy of having children.

Home organizing, Raise Responsible Kids

#52: Help is on the Way! Or Is It? – A Parent’s Guide to Organization

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Tired of feeling like you’re doing it all by yourself? On this episode of Parenting Guide: Organizing Habits Made Easy, we explore whether we’re making it too easy or too hard for our family to help out around the house. Discover practical tips and insights to strike the balance.

So this episode was inspired by just listening to clients and friends and family about just like problems or issues and challenges they’re having at home with getting their kids to help out at home, even their spouses. So oftentimes when I’m listening to being part of the conversations, because it happens to myself too. I get it. Oftentimes we feel that no one hears us when we want help at home. But it’s possible that it’s actually us that has to, kind of maybe like take a step back and really give others the chance to help out. So, this is what I’ll be covering in today’s episode. Are you ready? Let’s go.!

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Raise Responsible Kids

#40: Being OK with the way our kids help out around the house

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Do you often say: ‘Oh, I’ll just do it myself, it’s easier’ or ‘It’ll get done properly if I do it’ when it comes to maintaining your home?

You’re not alone.

Let’s face it, the way they do things isn’t the same way we do them nor the way we taught them how to do it.  It can cause frustrations sometimes and the temptation to just redo the whole thing ourselves (waste of time, by the way) or just do it ourselves from the get-go.

Resist.

In this episode you’ll learn the strategies I use to get passed through those thoughts and feelings so tune in.  Hope you enjoy this episode my friend!

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Establish Your Time, Home organizing

#38: Reduce Overwhelm and Frustrations When Maintaining Your Home

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Managing your household tasks can be a lot on your mental health and well-being – especialyl if it falls on 1 person most of the time.  As busy parents, we tend to truck through the every day grind on top of all our other obligations such as work, taking care of the kids and trying to squeeze in time for our own projects and passions.  But WHAT IF, we had a system that could alleviate, even a little, the amount of overwhelm and frustrations we have when it comes to maintaining our home?

In this episode I take you step by step through a process that I’ve done myself for tasks that overwhelm me the most.  If you have tasks that you wish would just disappear, then have listen to this episode now and get ready to take action.

Enjoy friend!

Lead together, Raise Responsible Kids

34: Why’s It So Hard For My Kid To Do Chores

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Where the topic of chores and kids came from

So the question I’d be answering today is, why is it so hard to get my kid to do chores? Now, this podcast episode was inspired by a question that was asked at a local radio station here in Montreal. 

It’s called the Beat 92.5. I decided to call in and answer it because one, I’m a mom and two because I’m a professional organizer and I believe wholeheartedly in chores, in kids helping out and doing chores at home. If you’ve listened to my podcast episodes before, I do mention it, nine Ways to Get Kids to Help Out With Chores. So if you want to pause this episode and take a listen to that one, just head to diannejimenez.com/ 31 Alright, so let’s ask the question, why is it so hard to get my kid to do chores? 

Why’s it so hard for my kid to do chores: #1 Do they understand it (chores)?

Well, first off, and I’m gonna split this into three sections.

First off, do they understand why this needs to get done? And the reason is this: a lot of times as adults, we get motivated because there’s the why behind it. We’re more inclined to do things when we know the reason. If there’s no reason at all, where our hearts and minds are not really there to do it, then we might do it once or twice.  But the next time after that, if we’re asked to do it, it’s like, ‘well, I don’t really feel like doing it’.
So if we have that in mind, can you imagine what it is for the kids? What’s going on in their minds? You know, so they’re still developing and those, I guess, I don’t know, the science behind it is the reason. There might be a reason why with your brain or something that we don’t get motivated to do things unless there’s a concrete reason why.

Now, for us as adults, obviously, you know, the house needs to be maintained. We don’t wanna be breathing all this dust, we don’t wanna be walking on Legos and hurting our feet or you know, inviting all types of rodents or bugs into the house, even though bugs do crawl in our house all the time. But just the thought of crumbs, a mess and food all over the place, it’s just not healthy and it’s not good, obviously.

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