Helpful Ate Maisie

Is ate Maisie ready for household chores?

As you've read on my previous blogs, ate is always offering her hands on things that I have done. This being the case, I thought of giving her a schedule of things to do for the day. This will teach her responsibility and this will also avert her from watching TV or using the laptop. Thus, I told her two nights ago that the first thing she should do in the morning is to sweep the floor. My suggestion was met with a blatant "NO". I was not prepared for her "no" though. So I thought of another strategy.

I realize, reviewing the events when she helped me, that she wants to do things with me. Maybe, this explains the fact that she readily wakes up if I am not beside her, or that when conversing she wants me to always reaffirm what she said.

Ate is ready for simple household chores, for as long as she's doing it with me.Or maybe I can use her affinity for playing pretend to coax her doing a task. It's worth a try.