Get your children to do their chores — experts say it's good for their development

It’s not just about emptying the dishwasher or sweeping floors. Studies have shown that children who do regular chores have higher interpersonal skills, greater ability to take on responsibility, and increased empathy

Studies have found that children who do regular chores have greater interpersonal skills and greater ability to take on responsibility, as well as increased empathy

Set the table, empty the dishwasher, tidy up your toys: Sometimes it is easier not to tell your children to do their chores and not to have endure their objections.

Yet household chores are invaluable for children, which research consistently bears out. A 2018 study, published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics, found that doing chores in early elementary school was associated with later development of self-competence and pro-social behaviour.