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What chores kids can actually handle at each age, backed by developmental research, plus the common mistakes that make charts fail at every age.
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Most parenting blogs say paying kids for chores ruins motivation. The research is more nuanced than that, and the practical answer comes down to which chores you're paying for.
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The science of intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation in plain English, plus a practical framework for picking rewards that don't backfire on the behavior you're trying to encourage.
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Most chore charts fail in nine days. The reason isn't lazy kids or weak rewards. It's bad UX. Here's the behavioral-design fix that survives a year.
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