Helping Around the House

The kids help clean up the kitchen after every meal. For a long time, Kiki's job was to scrape all the dishes into the trash and load them into the dishwasher. Greyson's job was to unload the dishes and put them away. Since Greyson was so hasty in getting the dishes unloaded there were often chips in the plates and cracks in the mugs. I tried to teach him to be careful and he made some progress, but he just wasn't grasping the value of unmarred dishes. Trying a different tactic, I just switched jobs for them. Kiki needed a break from her chore anyway and I thought giving Greyson the harder job would make him appreciate unloading carefully.

Here's how the new tactic's workin':