Kid chores

Summer is the perfect time to introduce new chores! This list gives you an idea of tasks kids can learn at each age. Don’t expect mastery - think of chores as a way to teach life skills that help your kids grow into adults. Click through to find this printable chart as well as suggestions for 10 types of chore charts you can create for your family.

Age-appropriate chores for young children (and older children) are so important - with or without a chore chart! They help raise children that work hard and are not spoiled. It's the reason that we use these Printable Chore Cards because they teach kids that they have to do their chores in order to have downtime.

Here's a list of age appropriate chores to help you know what to expect your kids to be able to do. A great way to give your kids opportunities to work.

Chores are important for the development of our children. At the same time, it is important that we are understanding the developmental abilities for our children. Otherwise we are setting them up to unnecessarily fail.

Giving your kids simple weekly chores is easy using our free printable chore charts with an age appropriate chore list...

If you're trying to get kids to do chores, these are the 5 biggest mistakes parents make that you definitely want to avoid!

It's a topic that is debated quite frequently around the mom and family blogosphere. Some people are in the camp that doing chores and household tasks is part of being in the family and therefore don't require compensation. Others believe school is a child's "job" and household chores count as extra work. Then there are beliefs all over in between with every type of combination you could imagine.

Does the word "chore" rub you the wrong way? A simple change in wording can make all the difference. Learn about our different approach to chores.

Get ready to put a chore chart system in place that will teach your kids responsibility, fight entitlement and allow them to get a taste of how the real world works!

Wish your kids did more around the house? Simplify your system. These chore sticks get your kids pitching in--and make it easier on you.