How to End the Chore Wars with Your Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 23, 2018 | Family, Homemaking

What do you do when you want to teach your kids responsibility, but the chore wars just won’t stop? We’ve got a great post from Connected Families today about how to end the Chore Wars for good in your home. I just love their wisdom when it comes to this...

Wifey Wednesday: 3 Ways to Stop Marriage (and Motherhood!) from Feeling like a Big To-Do List

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 11, 2018 | Doing Life Together, Homemaking

When you get married, I sure hope you feel like you’re marrying your best friend. But all too often, five years later, you feel like marriage is less of a relationship and more of a to-do list. Life just gets busy. And then your life seems to have endless...

Winning the Chore Battle

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 12, 2010 | Family, Homemaking

Do kids ALWAYS have to sulk when they do chores? I know in most homes cleaning is a major source of conflict–or at least frustration. There’s a never-ending list of things that need to be cleaned, and yet there seems to be a shortage of those who are...

How Old is Old Enough?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 7, 2008 | Family, Homemaking

I’ve been having a debate with several mothers lately on the age that it’s appropriate to expect children to do different chores. Some think I’m too hard on my kids, but I don’t think so. Read Little House on the Prairie and see what Laura was...