On 4/6/2016 11:40 PM, Harold R wrote:
I can't get my teenage son or daughter to work with me around the house.

They're missing out on a lot, 'cuz they won't learn.

I guess I brought 'em up wrong, but, they're good kids (otherwise).

Anyway, just wondering if you have hints?

I can force them, of course, and I can pay them, of course, but they don't even "like" working around the house.

I'm talking things like cleaning the pool, mowing the lawn, fixing the pumps, raking the leaves, etc.

Do you have any tricks and suggestions?

I guess I should make it "fun" but some of these things aren't really fun (like weeding) no matter what I can think of.

Just wondering if you have suggestions.


I might have gotten my sons to help if I did it with them but things I
told them to do like cutting grass was like pulling teeth and easier to
do myself.

Eldest son surprised me on his second marriage where his father in law
taught him to do more things than I had ever attempted myself.

So my advice is get them to work with you but not on their own.