When I went away to college, my mom gave me a recipe box filled with index cards labeled with chores, organized by date, as a gift. She explained this was how she learned to keep up with housework.

Microshifting is a simple, flexible approach to work-like tasks that means you do less desirable chores around other commitments, rather than the other way around. Now, my home feels calmer, my ...

I have often cleaned up after my 11-year-old son rather than wait for him to do it. Though I did ask him to do his chores, I felt it was easier to do it myself. A back injury has forced us both to ...

When I was growing up, I didn’t have to do chores. I did simple things like keeping my room (vaguely) tidy, clearing the table after meals, and trying to remember to put my toys and schoolwork away.

Am I weird? I immensely enjoy completing chores. They offer me a sense of accomplishment as I beam at the sight of a clean house, tidy fridge, or leaf-free balcony. The biggest issue, however, is ...

I'm a mom to an almost 2-year-old girl. My husband and I have been picking up after her when she goes to bed, but it's exhausting. I want her to be involved in household chores because it helps ...

When summer vacation started a few weeks ago, I was determined to get my children to pitch in more around the house. While I had always required them to pick up after themselves, they never had set ...

A week or so ago I offered my son $2 to shovel the front steps. (We have a lot of them.) It was late afternoon and I was staring down another hour of work, walking the dog and making dinner. Not only ...

My 13-year-old daughter vacuumed last night, right after she helped to load the dishwasher with the dinner dishes. She was slow. Geez Louise, was she slow. She complained about it. Declared that "none ...