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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm glad the thread got back to what it was about. To the posters who claim it is appropriate to let small children do "chores" -- a chore is something the child does to contribute his or her share to the running of the household. They are age-appropriate tasks that the kids can do themselves, so the parents don't have to do them. It is them pulling some of their weight -- and that is where the self-confidence and satisfaction comes from. To let your kids splash in the sink with the dirty dishes is just as much fun as playing in a water table, as the PP said, and it is certainly NOT a chore. Helping someone else take out the trash is also not a chore; taking out the trash while the parent does something else would be the chore. These are things you kids can do when they are older. A chore for  small child would be something like putting their own shoes in the closet or hanging their own coat on a hook when they come home -- because they can do it themselves and be responsible for it themselves.

Just a reality check for the parents who think their children are getting satisfaction from doing chores rather than just having fun playing, which is what they are really doing.[/quote]

YES, absolutely. [/quote]

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