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Book Review of 401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home : Household tested and proven effective! Techniques, tips, tricks, and strategies on how to get your kids to ... ocess become self-reliant, responsible adults

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A book for busy parents who would like to get their kids to share the housework and who would like a systematic program to ensure that their kids know all the basic living skills by the time they leave home at age eighteen. Among the topics it covers are:

-How (and when) to assign and teach specific jobs
-How to give positive feedback, incentives, rewards (or punishment)
-How to teach your child to organize his or her bedroom
-How to teach time and money and basic household skills handing personal hygiene and clothing needs, cooking, nutrition, and shopping skills exploring and planning a career
-Plus over 400 specific incentive/reward ideas
-It works!