Giving every member of the family chores helps everyone feel that they’re contributing to the household, and having children in particular tackle chores can be particularly good for their development.

If you’ve already tried the old-fashioned way of simply trying to remember what your teenager needs to do and whether or not they’ve done it, you probably quickly realized that it was hard to keep ...

Chores and allowances have long been a way of life for many families with children. For some, chores were something you did while growing up because they were part of everyday family life. For others, ...

A week or so ago I offered my son $2 to shovel the front steps. (We have a lot of them.) It was late afternoon and I was staring down another hour of work, walking the dog and making dinner. Not only ...

A simple truth of domestic life is that household tasks are a constant. Once you’ve finished a load of laundry, there’s usually a sink full of dishes to wash or a bag of garbage to take out. Having a ...