Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Chores. Nobody likes them, young or old. According to a survey, only around 28% of parents report making their children regularly do chores, compared to 82% of ...

I was in my first semester of teaching college students when I quickly learned how helpless some of my students were. Some showed up to class in clearly dirty clothing. As I prepared for starting ...

Dear Annie: I’m 74 years of age, and I rent a room from a lady who has a 15-year-old son. I pay $600 a month for rent. I pay her $350 in cash, and I work off the other $250 by cleaning and cooking. I ...

For parents, it's often shocking how much more cleaning is required once kids are added to the mix. From sweeping up spilled cereal to organizing a playroom full of toys, it can be overwhelming to ...

A psychologist says chores help teach kids responsibility and time management Age-appropriate tasks like cleaning up or mowing the lawn can build life skills Paying kids for chores is a personal ...

Chores: the one parenting topic on which all the experts actually agree. Kids should be doing them. Kids: universal oath that said chores must be avoided at all costs, whined about excessively, ...

The kids rotated around the various chores, with the adults filling in as needed. At the end of about ninety minutes, we all took enormous pleasure in having worked hard to create a clean yard, a pile ...

It’s the age-old debate heard in homes across the nation: Who is responsible for the chores? While recent studies found that men have nearly doubled the amount of housework they’re doing and they’ve ...

Busy parents often find it easier to do household chores themselves, or to hire someone to do them, rather than ask their children. They don’t want to spend precious family time nagging the kids about ...