Olympic curling is a great way to trick your children into cleaning the house

Need to clean your house but keep dragging your feet? Just pretend you're curling.

Better yet, get your children to pretend they'recurling -- a genius idea perpetuated by the Olympics network itself, NBC. All you need is a broom or Swiffer and a rounded object of some kind. Anything will work, because you are not competing for any medals. You are in your own home!

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See? A clean floor and a child who thinks he is an Olympic athlete! You truly couldn't ask for more.

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If you need to brush up on the rules, please refer to our handy curling guide.

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