Released on: July 11, 2008, 12:59 pm

Press Release Author: Janet Nusbaum

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: \'Mom, Can I Help Around the House?\' is changing the way
parents encourage children to help with chores around the home. Author Janet
Nusbaum, professional organizer and mother of two, offers proven techniques parents
can use to get children to cooperate with household chores. This is a practical
workbook that includes interactive worksheets and guidance which empowers parents to
create a child-based responsibility and rewards system that doesn't participate in
bribery.

Press Release Body: Janet Nusbaum, professional organizer and consultant, offers
parents a new step-by-step guide on getting kids to cooperate and eagerly
participate in organizing and household chores in her workbook, 'Mom, Can I Help
Around the House?' As a single mother of two Russian-adopted children, Nusbaum
extended her years of experience and knowledge in organizing and task management
into a guide to help parents better educate, and garner cooperation from, kids who
normally resist doing chores.

Nusbaum struggled with her own children who, coming from an orphanage, had not been
exposed to family life or having responsibilities for household chores or the
activities of daily living. Nusbaum realized the urgent need to begin shaping rules
in her home that were child-focused, and set an expectation for active participation
and order from her children. From her organizing work with families, Janet knew that
she was not alone in her frustrated attempts to guide her children through
day-to-day tasks that each child was responsible for her own chores without being
nagged or constantly prodded.

She found that giving kids well-defined and concrete responsibilities based on age
and abilities, radically helped develop critical life-skills like self-sufficiency,
self-esteem, and caring for others. "Setting the expectation for children to take
responsibility for their part in household chores has a powerful effect." Nusbaum
conceded. She began sharing her chore system with clients and friends, and they too
experienced the same positive transformations in their family. 'Mom, Can I Help
Around the House?' resulted from Nusbaum's collaborative knowledge, experiences and
education in-and results from-preparing children to cooperatively participate in
being helpful, and to create order and harmony in whatever they undertake.

'Mom, Can I Help Around the House?' offers readers:
- Ways to increase a child's ownership of household tasks;
- Ways parents can remove themselves from the chore wars;
- How to stop teaching their children to be resistant to doing chores;
- How to save hours per week by developing a team of cheerful helpers
- How to increase a child's independence and self-esteem;
- How to calm the chaos with routines and systems that work.

The book is structured with cogent advice on setting up an age-appropriate
responsibility system, one that expands as the child matures, and includes advice on
discipline and positive enforcement. 'Mom, Can I Help Around the House' is a
practical workbook, which includes interactive worksheets and step-by-step guidance
to empower parents to create a child-based responsibility and rewards system that
does not participate in bribery.

Nusbaum stated, "The child is taught to create and maintain order in the home,
essentially, as a self-empowered and knowledgeable participant. Parents are reminded
to never allow their child to escape from their responsibilities." 'Mom, Can I Help
Around the House,' supports this resolve through proactive positive reinforcement,
but also with a fallback position if the child fails to complete assigned tasks,
enabling the parent to remove some of the enjoyable benefits and privileges the
child would normally receive for completing assigned responsibilities.

Jessica Rodgers, mom of four, who implemented techniques from 'Mom, Can I Help
Around the House?' stated, "Wow! This is exactly what we needed to teach my boys
responsibilities in our home. Janet thought of everything with the 'Mom, Can I Help
Around the House?' system-from a master home maintenance inventory-to ways to teach
my boys about money. My boys are such a help around the house now - I didn't give
them enough credit for all they are capable of."

Nusbaum summed it up by saying, "If your son can operate an iPod, he can easily
learn to mop a floor (and should), if your daughter can learn to operate a computer
game, she can learn to do the dishes (and should). What is more valuable to your
child, his Xbox skills or learning life-long skills that prepare them for the rest
of his life?"

'Mom, Can I Help Around the House?' can be found at http://www.KidsandChores.net or,
http://www.SimplifiedSpaces.net.

Janet Nusbaum is a professional organizer, and owner of Simplified Spaces, a
consulting firm specializing in home and office organization, facilitation of
transitions for boomers and beyond, and she is the proprietor of an e-store - The
Simplified Home store, specializing in unique hand-picked organizing products. She
is available for interview by contacting (317) 867-1540. 'Mom, Can I Help Around the
House?' can be found at http://www.kidsandchores.net, or contact the author for a
review.



Web Site: http://www.KidsandChores.net or, http://www.SimplifiedSpaces.net.

Contact Details: Contact Information
Janet Nusbaum
Simplified Spaces
317-867-1540
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