Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

You're listening to 3 in 30 takeaways from Mom's episode 37, teaching kids to work without being a drill sergeant.

And I purposely picked this episode as a continuation of last week's which was called Momming Like a Boss, using corporate leadership strategies in our homes.

And I don't know about you, but that episode inspired me to want to revamp all of my systems and choresharts for my kids and get things under control.

And this episode was a really good reminder that I can do that without turning into crazy mean mom drill sergeant.

This interview took a little bit of a different turn than I thought that it would as you'll hear in the episode.

And whether or not you agree with everything that's shared, I hope that you will take away something that you can think about.

I look forward to hearing from you what you thought.

Welcome to 3 in 30, a podcast for moms who want to create more meaning in motherhood.

Each 30 minute episode will feature three doable takeaways for you to try at home with your family this week.

I'm your host Rachel Nielsen. Thank you so much for being here.

Yesterday I walked into a huge mess in our playroom.

Legos were strewn all over the floor. Plastic food from the little play kitchen was spilled out all over the table.

Costumes were littered everywhere. I bet this is a scene that you can relate to.

So I called my little minions into the room and I pointed out all the wreckage and said it's time for us to pick this up.

And as you can imagine there were mones and groans and lots of dragging a feet.

And I could have just left them to clean it up and that would have been fine too.

But I decided to make things fun for once. So I said I'm thinking of a secret item.

And they both perked up and spring into action picking up as many objects as they could at once hoping that they would be the one to pick up the secret item that I was thinking of first.

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