Raising Kids Who Help With Chores

Life Kit

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Raising kids who pitch in around your home doesn't require bribes or a chore chart. Kids want to help – and parents can nurture that desire by including them in age-appropriate ways.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Life Kit.
0:02.0	I'm Maria Cadoy.
0:03.6	For years, my friend and colleague,
0:05.7	Michaeline Dukelev, has been telling me about some cool research
0:08.6	that has changed the way I parent my kids.
0:11.1	And the result is children who are much more eager to pitch in
0:14.3	and help out around the house.
0:16.2	For instance, the other night, my seven-year-old daughter,
0:18.8	Lily, made a potato salad for dinner completely voluntarily.
0:23.0	And she even washed the dishes.
0:25.2	Michaeline has now written a parenting book
0:27.3	called Hunt Gather Parent.
0:29.2	And in this episode of Life Kit,
0:30.8	Michaeline joins me to talk about how to raise helpful
0:33.6	and cooperative kids.
0:35.2	Welcome, Michaeline.
0:36.5	Hi, Maria.
0:37.5	So first, we should say that we're both moms.
0:40.2	Besides Lily, I have a son, Noah, who's almost 11.
0:43.5	And Michaeline Rosie is what now?
0:46.2	Five?
0:47.0	Yeah, she's five.
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