Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more helpful advice at

Focus on the Family.com slash parenting podcast.

There's no doubt that if you assign your kids household chores they probably aren't

going to thank you right away but they will be grateful down the road for those

lessons learning to pitch in and take ownership of tasks can be valuable lessons that benefit your kids for life.

I'm John Fuller and along with me is Danny Werther. He's a licensed clinical social worker and is our vice president of parenting here at Focus on the Family.

Danny, you've spoken to this before, but why are chores so good for kids?

I mean it feels good for me to give them chores, but why are they good for kids?

I think we could go through a whole show and just really dig into the fact that chores bring benefits

not only to the child, but to the home, to society, there's a ripple effect to chores.

And sometimes we'll think, this is just one little chore, and some parents actually feel bad

giving their kids chores because they're so busy as a family.

And really the benefits have been shown through scientific research.

And so we'll start there.

That there is...

Science is proven.

Sure is good for children.

Socially, academically, and also just relationally

for kids to see themselves as contributors.

And if they see themselves, and we've talked about this, John...

Yeah, I appreciate that label, contributor, not consumer.

No, consumer.

...