To develop clear expectations, identify those that are already in place in your family. The following list may help you focus on areas that other parents have used to organize and specify their expectations. How to get along with others, greeting and conversation skills, how to interact with the opposite sex, offering to help others. Cleaning the bedroom, helping at mealtime, volunteering, picking up after yourself, helping with outside chores, helping clean the house. Let's take a look at whether your expectations are reasonable for your children.
Kids develop at their own pace.
It is unreasonable to expect something from your kids if you haven't taught it to them. To check, have your child describe in his or her own words what you have just said. Ask your child to show you what you have taught. Instead of telling your kids what not to do, tell them what you want them to do. In this way, you make it clear what you expect of your child.