We all have experiences of having to help our parents, even when we didn’t want to. While that may have been the case, they helped us to develop many essential life skills and more than we give them credit for. Creating chores for your child can help them in the same way. Here are the ways that chores can benefit your child in their overall development according to a boarding school in South East England.
Time Keeping
As your child grows older, they will have exams, a social life and work that they’ll need to be able to juggle. Managing more gives children the need to prioritise their time and use it effectively.
A Sense of Accomplishment
As much as they may hate doing their chores, once they are complete, they will have a huge sense of relief and accomplishment. Doing things that they don’t want to, or that they believe they can’t, will help them to get used to dealing with challenges and only build their resilience.
Better Grades
Funnily enough, those that do their chores tend to do better at school as they are able to meet their expectations and organise themselves. It can’t be stressed enough how important organisation is. Being organised means not having to scramble through your things to find what you’re looking for and can help your child to stay on top of their homework.
Respect
From having to chip in and contribute, your child will have a deeper appreciation for what you do and respect your family home. They will be more inclined to spot clean any mess that they make as they know how time consuming it is to clean up after somebody else.
Self-Discipline and Hard Work
Having to follow through with their chores teaches children self-discipline. Introducing an allowance where they are rewarded in accordance with their chores can also help them to understand the importance of hard work so that they don’t grow up entitled.
Oh this is great to know. I sometimes feel bad that I am always nagging my kids to do chores so at least I know there are positives out of it.