--- ---  # Dad Makes Hilariously Passive-Aggressive Instructional Video to Get His Kids to Do Chores by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 2, 2014 3:22 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 2, 2014 3:22 PM UTC Fed up with the fact that his kids won’t help with household chores, this dad has created what he calls the “first in a series of instructional videos for my kids.” It’s an incredibly passive-aggressive parenting technique, and the result is hilarious. “Obviously me telling them face to face is not working,” he [explains](http://youtu.be/pN0Y2EZuvTU) in the video, “so I’ve tried to be creative and I’ve come up with the idea of using social media to try and reach you.” Then he proceeds with a very precise step-by-step guide to changing a toilet paper roll in the bathroom. We’re excited to see what he comes up with next — perhaps a meticulous explanation of how one takes out the trash? Dad Makes Passive Aggressive Instructional Videos for Kids ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/"},"headline":"Dad Makes Hilariously Passive-Aggressive Instructional Video to Get His Kids to Do Chores","datePublished":"2014-09-02T15:22:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:54.770Z","description":"This one explains the difficult art of changing a toilet paper roll","url":"https://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Parents"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f9369949d919a5/6986a1acf983e7408904f74b/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-10-49-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92f9369949d919a5/6986a1acf983e7408904f74b/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-10-49-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-02 at 10.49.54 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3256698/instructional-videos-by-dad/","name":"Dad Makes Hilariously Passive-Aggressive Instructional Video to Get His Kids to Do Chores"}}]}] ```