Keep Your Kids’ Bathroom Clean With a ‘When You Brush’ Chore Chart

In my household, the kids’ bathroom is also the guest bathroom. And has always been the dirtiest, because kids. No matter how much I tried to keep it presentable, it wasn’t uncommon for the sink in there to be coated with a multi-layer film of toothpaste, spit, and please-don’t-make-me-think-about-it. And we won’t…

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Author: Kristen Mae on Offspring, shared by Kristen Mae to Lifehacker

What to Tell Your Kid Instead of ‘Five More Minutes’

“Five more minutes!” is a thing parents say to their young children when it’s time for them to wrap up whatever they’re doing—swimming, having a lightsaber battle with their pals, making galactic slime. And then, when the time is up, here is what happens: The kids seem shocked, confused and might start sobbing. I have…

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Author: Michelle Woo on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo to Lifehacker