Chores: A Child’s Best Life Lesson.
“But why do we have to do chores mom? They’re stupid”. Chores are what people have to do in a household to maintain its cleanliness and establish themselves as a working part of the family’s system and are vital. In Jane Smiley’s essay “The Case Against Chores”, she writes “I wasn’t expected to lift a finger when I was growing up.” Children should be expected to lift a finger and help around the house. Without chores, children might not learn responsibility, gain valuable skills, or learn money management. Chores are vital in a child’s childhood, and children should do chores.
Chores can shape a child’s behavior. For example, when a child is busy doing chores they are less likely to be in trouble. When I …show more content…
If a child isn’t busy doing chores, they will have time to associate with their friends who will put them in trouble and can affect them as adults. Chores also give children a sense of maturity. For instance, chores made me feel as if I owned my parents’ house. It made me feel like an adult taking care of the house and making sure I was maintaining cleanliness. I was able to confidently say that I completed my chores and that the house was clean because of the chores
I did. Giving a child a task that would essentially be an adult’s responsibility will cause them to feel as if they were an adult so that as they grow up, they will be more mature than their surrounding peers and are less likely to be childish and ignorant.
Chores give children a good work ethic. When doing chores as a child, one is dedicated to finishing the job and working hard at it. Smiley states, “My husband worked hard as a child…the result is he’s a great worker, much better than I am.” As a child I always had to finish my chores. If I did not finish my chores I would have been punished and I would also feel …show more content…
When children do heavy lifting and constantly use their hands for chores, they will develop better strength in their hands and their posture, which can help when need to move furniture into their homes or help reorganize a room.
In the same way, Chores teach children how to be responsible. Chores teach children about routine and being on time. When I was younger, my family had a weekly schedule of what chores we were doing that week. Having to do weekly chores taught me how to maintain a schedule of what I needed to do. It is vital for children to be able to learn and adjust themselves to a schedule because it will apply to them when working or going to school. Chores teach budgeting and saving. I would sometimes get an allowance for doing my weekly chores.
Sometimes I would spend my money on candy or little toys, but if I wanted something expensive, I had to save. As much as I wanted to use my chore money to buy candy, I would be responsible and save my money for something expensive like a video game or a big toy. I can now apply that to being an adult and being able to save my money for my bills rather than
“But why do we have to do chores mom? They’re stupid”. Chores are what people have to do in a household to maintain its cleanliness and establish themselves as a working part of the family’s system and are vital. In Jane Smiley’s essay “The Case Against Chores”, she writes “I wasn’t expected to lift a finger when I was growing up.” Children should be expected to lift a finger and help around the house. Without chores, children might not learn responsibility, gain valuable skills, or learn money management. Chores are vital in a child’s childhood, and children should do chores.
Chores can shape a child’s behavior. For example, when a child is busy doing chores they are less likely to be in trouble. When I …show more content…
If a child isn’t busy doing chores, they will have time to associate with their friends who will put them in trouble and can affect them as adults. Chores also give children a sense of maturity. For instance, chores made me feel as if I owned my parents’ house. It made me feel like an adult taking care of the house and making sure I was maintaining cleanliness. I was able to confidently say that I completed my chores and that the house was clean because of the chores
I did. Giving a child a task that would essentially be an adult’s responsibility will cause them to feel as if they were an adult so that as they grow up, they will be more mature than their surrounding peers and are less likely to be childish and ignorant.
Chores give children a good work ethic. When doing chores as a child, one is dedicated to finishing the job and working hard at it. Smiley states, “My husband worked hard as a child…the result is he’s a great worker, much better than I am.” As a child I always had to finish my chores. If I did not finish my chores I would have been punished and I would also feel …show more content…
When children do heavy lifting and constantly use their hands for chores, they will develop better strength in their hands and their posture, which can help when need to move furniture into their homes or help reorganize a room.
In the same way, Chores teach children how to be responsible. Chores teach children about routine and being on time. When I was younger, my family had a weekly schedule of what chores we were doing that week. Having to do weekly chores taught me how to maintain a schedule of what I needed to do. It is vital for children to be able to learn and adjust themselves to a schedule because it will apply to them when working or going to school. Chores teach budgeting and saving. I would sometimes get an allowance for doing my weekly chores.
Sometimes I would spend my money on candy or little toys, but if I wanted something expensive, I had to save. As much as I wanted to use my chore money to buy candy, I would be responsible and save my money for something expensive like a video game or a big toy. I can now apply that to being an adult and being able to save my money for my bills rather than