A Broom for My Little Helper

In an attempt to be a good parents and teach our children about work, we decided to assign weekly chore to the children.  The girl, being 8 and 2 years older than her brother, gets different chores than he does.  Here chores every week are:

• Cleaning the litterbox once a week
• Keeping the 2 bathroom sinks clean all week
• Loading the dishes into the dishwasher at dinner time

The boy who is 6 does the following:

• Sweeps the main level and the 2 bathrooms
• Steam mops the areas that were swept
• Takes out the bathroom trashes 

If they complete all these things during the week they earn $5.  If they do not complete all the tasks, they are paid accordingly.  

There girl has no problems doing her chores.  After showing the boy how to do his chores the first time, I noticed a problem.  This leads us to the title of todays entry.  Being 6 years old and the height of a 6 year old, he is unable to properly handle a full size broom.  So, still wanting him to be able to complete his chores, I decided to modify one of our brooms.  

To modify the broom I removed the plastic cap at the top of the handle, cut the handle to his length and replaced the plastic cap on the top of the handle.  A very simple thing to do and now he has a broom to do his chores with ease.