Chores are often framed as a way to teach children responsibility, but their value goes far beyond simply completing household tasks. Shared chores foster cooperation, empathy, and essential life ...

Household chores are more than inconvenient necessities or things to “make” your children do: They can function as building blocks for a young person’s development. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Now, it turns out there’s a fairly simple way to get them to cooperate. This new technique (well, new to a lot of us, anyway) makes so much sense, you’ll wonder why we all haven’t been doing it ...

Parents often struggle with how to best navigate chores with their children. For some families, allowing their child to not engage in family chores or to keep a messy room is acceptable. Other ...