It's the number one question I get.

No, it's not about how to prepare kids for college or what you need to do to start homeschooling.

In fact, the main question I get isn't even related to

writing or homeschooling at all. Parents everywhere want to know what to do about

chores. Should their kids be assigned them?

Should we use chore charts?

Should we reward our kids for participating in keeping the house neat? Is there a responsibility that our kids have to

ensuring that our homes stay livable, hygienic and organized.

Of course, there's also a belief that has probably been cultivated by some of my responses to that question

that makes people think that my kids didn't do chores.

Oh, we're going to talk about all of that today.

So if you've ever wondered, how do I keep my home neat? How do I manage this gaggle of children who never leave the house but who have to do their homeschooling as well?

How do I manage all that together? You've come to the right place.

We're going to a brave writer's life and brief.

I'm the author of the Publishers Weekly Best Seller called The Brave Learner,

Finding Everyday Magic for Home School Learning and Life.

I'm also the creator of the Brave Writer Online Writing and Language Arts program.

I homeschooled my own kids, they're all adults now, five of them, and I have a beautiful baby granddaughter named Lavender. If you want to see pictures of her, you can certainly

follow me on Instagram at Julie Brave Rider. I can hardly help myself.

That is a shameless plug for grandmothering right there. But today, today today today we are not going to talk about her as much as I'd like to. We're going to talk about that pernicious topic

chores. How do we keep this house running? How do we make it look pretty, how do we keep it sanitary.

Sometimes the bar is very, very low.

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