Question:As parents, what are some ways we can start teaching
our children to be responsible in all areas of life? For
example, doing chores correctly, getting school work completed,
listening, etc. We have an 8 year old daughter who is
irresponsible in these areas, and we feel it is important to
start at a young age to teach responsibility. One of the keys to
helping kids with responsibilities is the issue of communication
and consequences. We as parents need to be clear in our
communication with our kids about responsibilites, what we
expect, why we expect that, and the overall goal of being a
responsible person. We need to be sure that we are asking for
appropriate responsibility from our kids. Sometimes what we see
as being irresponsible is merely our kids being kids. A part of
the communication of expectations is giving them clear ability
to fulfill the request. My son is 6 and has been learning to
clean his room. There are times that I am so frustrated by the
way his room looks. In one of those moments,