Yard cleanup: Rake and bag leaves, then immediately use a leaf blower to clear walkways and driveways. Garden preparation: ...

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, ...

Do you require your children to do chores? Should you? Truth be told, it’s often a lot easier to do the work ourselves – especially when trying to manage the assignments we give our kids becomes a ...

As a Solved editor for Homes & Gardens, I spend most of my week thinking, reading, and writing about house cleaning. While interviewing thousands of experts in the field has set me up with pretty good ...

When I was growing up in the '80s, it was rare to meet a child who didn't have a list of household chores he was expected to complete on a daily basis. My own chore list included picking my dirty ...

My 13-year-old daughter vacuumed last night, right after she helped to load the dishwasher with the dinner dishes. She was slow. Geez Louise, was she slow. She complained about it. Declared that "none ...

Every January, my website gets a spike in traffic from parents looking for ways to revamp their children’s chore assignments. They are resolved to be more intentional in the New Year about ...

I have often cleaned up after my 11-year-old son rather than wait for him to do it. Though I did ask him to do his chores, I felt it was easier to do it myself. A back injury has forced us both to ...

It would happen every time. I'd make what to me seemed like a reasonable request, "Please clean your room," and my three boys would dissolve into a puddle on the floor as if I had just crushed all ...

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