The Talker: Today's children participate less in chores
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Do kids do as many chores around the house as adults used to?
The website Cozi.com surveyed parents and found 87% of them have the kids do chores. The average age that kids start on chores is four and a half and the most common chore for kids of all ages is cleaning up around the house.
A deeper finding found that 91% of parents said their kids don't do enough chores. The obvious question, then, is: why don't they have them do more?
The survey had some answers to that. 63% of parents said it's tough to teach kids how to do the chores, and enforce it all. 15% of parents said they don't want their kids to feel overworked and 12% said the kids do a crummy job.
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