Chores and allowances have long been a way of life for many families with children. For some, chores were something you did while growing up because they were part of everyday family life. For others, ...

Wrangling the kiddos to help around the house shouldn’t be a chore for both you and them. Whether you decide to motivate the kids with cash or not for a job well done, is a debate for another forum.

Giving every member of the family chores helps everyone feel that they’re contributing to the household, and having children in particular tackle chores can be particularly good for their development.

After-dinner “clean-up parties” help my family quickly tackle one room in the house that really needs tidying. Each child picks a favorite tune, and we speed-clean while blasting the music. When the ...

If you’ve already tried the old-fashioned way of simply trying to remember what your teenager needs to do and whether or not they’ve done it, you probably quickly realized that it was hard to keep ...

Overwhelmed at home? Overwhelmed by attempting to delegate? Check out these simple ideas to make a chore chart work for your family. I know, it sounds crazy. The only thing worse than cleaning ...

In my household, the kids’ bathroom is also the guest bathroom. And has always been the dirtiest, because kids. No matter how much I tried to keep it presentable, it wasn’t uncommon for the sink in ...