Dishing out the chores

Children should help with housework, as it will teach them discipline, independence, respect, and a sense of belonging, says Áilín Quinlan

Many parents would be familiar with the frustration of Deirdre Sullivan in trying to get her children to help around the house.

“It’s a battle to get them to do their chores,” sighs the mother-of-three, who says the usual response to her request is ‘I’ll do it in a minute.’ “It was always a battle to get them to do the jobs and then they’d be half-done,” says the Dublin businesswoman.