Use My Summer Points System to Get Some Work Done with Your Kids Home!
Hi, everyone! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today's video I'll talk about the system that I use during the hours I have to work over the summer to keep my kids busy, make them do some chores, and reward them at the end of the week. I am mostly a stay at home mom, but I do work part-time anywhere from 6-15 hours per week. Summer presents a problem for lots of parents. When the kids were really little, I hired high school babysitters to help out several times a week so that I could get my work done in peace. Once they got a little older -- at the age where I could, occasionally and for short periods, leave them home alone, it started to feel weird to hire babysitters -- particularly since I was right there working in the house. Plus, they were old enough where I really felt like they should be expected to respect my work time and also get some of their own chores done. So, the summer when they were 8 and 10, I introduced the Summer Poin...