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[quote=Anonymous]Do your kids have an explicit chore list or are they expected to pitch in with whatever is happening, notice what needs doing, etc.?

We had chore lists for a while but it led to this unpleasant experience where someone would be working on something while a kid lay on the couch reading a book. (Or sometimes I was the one lying on the couch with a book because that’s the kid’s chore.) so we moved to a model where everyone is expected to pitch in if there is work to do. Some chores are more likely to be a child’s, because they usually need to be done while I am making dinner and I’m not available, but if I’m not busy when it’s time to set the table, I’ll help (this used to be their chore) and they are now much more likely to start spontaneously washing dishes after dinner or taking out the trash when it’s obviously full or whatever. The downside to this model is that I often need to ask, but it’s not as though the previous chore lists were getting done by themselves either.
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