Ep 43 | "I'm Doing Everything Myself": How to Get Kids to Help With Chores (Even Toddlers)

Take the free What's Keeping You Stuck Quiz → multiplythefive.com/quiz Have you ever re-folded a towel your kid just folded...while they were still standing there? Watching you? No? Just me? Okay...well.... Today we're talking about why you're still doing everything yourself — the laundry, the dishes, the seventeen thousand tiny toys — and how to actually get your kids helping at home. Fair warning: this is going to feel like a chores episode, BUT it's really about why you've made yourself the only capable person in your house, and what that's costing you. Because here's the truth. You already know you should be delegating more. You've pinned the cute chore charts. And yet you're still doing it all. So before we talk about age-appropriate chores for kids, we're digging into the four sneaky reasons moms stay stuck doing everything themselves. In this episode, you'll learn: Why "it's just quicker if I do it" is really a hurry problem, and the slow math that changes everything How "if you don't do it right, don't do it at all" quietly turns into perfectionism that keeps kids from helping What Moses and Jethro in Exodus 18 teach us about delegation ("The thing that you are doing is not good") The "keeping my cool" lie: why avoiding the training moment isn't patience, it's avoidance wearing patience as a costume The training-vs-perfection mindset shift, plus the simple morning habit that helps me stay patient during slow training moments Exactly what chores my kids do at ages 5, 3, and almost 2, from folding washcloths to the coveted lint-ball job Why working in front of your kids (instead of secretly doing housework before they wake) is really stewardship and discipleship If you're a mom battling burnout, tired of being the bottleneck in your home, and wondering how to teach kids to help with chores without losing your patience, this episode is your starting point. Your homework is small: one task, one kid, this week. And if you've been nodding along, "I should delegate more" is only ONE of the reasons moms stay stuck feeling busy and behind. It might not even be your main one. Take my FREE What's Keeping You Stuck? quiz — 2 minutes or less — to pinpoint the actual obstacle keeping you overwhelmed, plus get resources matched to it. Go to multiplythefive.com/quiz. Links + Resources: Take the What's Keeping You Stuck? Quiz: http://multiplythefive.com/quiz Submit to the Calm Discipline Collective FREE Sprint Planning Guide: http://multiplythefive.com/guide FREE Biblical Productivity Planner: http://multiplythefive.com/planner EMAIL me: [email protected] BLOG: https://multiplythefive.com/