Why Children Need Chores (@wallacejennieb @WSJ)

Jennifer Breheny Wallace explains how doing chores helps children develop many different skills, helping to "build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility, and self-reliance." She also gives some good advice on how to motivate your children to preform them.

Full article at The Wall Street Journal

“Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but ironically, we’ve stopped doing one thing that’s actually been a proven predictor of success—and that’s household chores,” says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz., and co-author of the forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids.” Decades of studies show the benefits of chores—academically, emotionally and even professionally.

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