Whether it’s cleaning their room or getting laundry help, a little responsibility can go a long way. Younger kids might not be ready for true chores—but they are ready to learn their behavior has ...

Here are some age-appropriate chores you can give your toddler, plus other ways to teach your tot how to be responsible.

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 ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Parents often pay their kids for chores they do around the house, whether that means mowing the lawn, washing the dishes or doing the laundry. It’s a weekly event for many, but it’s not ...

There are so many benefits to giving kids chores: They learn responsibility, pick up new skills (like how to load a dishwasher properly), and — bonus! — take some housework off their parents' plates.

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, ...