The Ultimate Family Clean-Up-The-House Formula

10 Easy Cleaning Jobs for Kids That Will Actually Help You

"Moms always sit around and dream about cleaning help," says Carol Paul, author of Team Clean: The Ultimate Family Clean-Up-The-House Formula. "'I wish I could have a maid who could be here all the time to help me or at least come in once a week.' I'm like, 'Okay, you have these people who live in your house with you; they're here every day. Why don't you just figure out a way to use them?' Kids want to help." READ MORE...

How To Get A Kid To Do Chores

...This all may seem overwhelming to the young, but they can do it easily and quickly if you follow the detailed advice that Carol Paul gives in “Team Clean” (Aviva; $20). The author, her husband and their four children have been spending an hour a week cleaning their house ever since their youngest was 4 and then they treat themselves to an inexpensive takeout supper.

Families bond in many ways, and this is one of the best.

How Much Time Do You Spend Maintaining Your Home

40 minutes per week. You read that right. Carol Paul, author of The Team Clean, spends just 40 minutes per week on home maintenance. Married with four kids, they all spend one night per week on different chores — including washing all the sheets and towels, vacuuming and cleaning all the floors, cleaning the bathrooms, tidying the kids’ rooms, disinfecting the kitchen and more! Afterwards, they spend time bonding as a family and eating dinner. This system has worked for them for more READ MORE..

Bowie Mother Takes Novel Approach to House Cleaning

Ten years ago, Carol Paul of Bowie, MD struggled to get her son Bucky to clean the house. By the time he was in his 20s, she said he was coming home from college once a week, just to help out. Thanks to a cleaning system Paul and her husband created. She is sharing that system in her new book.

Voted 1 of 6 Books to Buy!

New Book Turns Cleaning into Family Fun Responsibility

If you’re sick of being the person who does all the cleaning, without getting help from your

spouse, and putting up with children who think you’re their personal maid, then Team Clean is

the book for you. Carol Paul knows all about teamwork, having spent more than twenty years

involved in her father Coach Wooten’s basketball camps. And she knows what it is to have

family members not behave like team players. For years, she tried to keep the house clean on her

own, and she tried hiring READ MORE...