Some
people might think that children should use their time to play and study rather
than to do household chores. However, in my perspective, children should
experience doing household chores when they are young. There are several
reasons as follows.
To begin with, when children do household chores by
themselves, they could feel a great sense of responsibility, leading them to be
mature. Household chores seem to be tedious and humble tasks, but they require people to be diligent every day, to be meticulous on
tasks, and to be self-disciplined with on a
regular basis. When these personal traits are developed while conducting
household chores, children are likely to become mature so that they could be
successful in their lives. For instance, I read an article from Stanford
Business School about the correlation between
household chores and children’s maturity level. What researchers found was
intriguing. Researchers found that children who clean their own room and clean
their own dishes are so independent that they could do their school work
without leaning on to others. This
independancy independence inspires them to
study efficiently and effectively, compensating the time they spend on chores.
In addition, performing household chores encourages
children to understand their parents. Generally speaking, children have no idea
what their parents sacrifice for them, so they take their
parents’ efforts for granted. On the
other hand, when children regard household chores as their to-do lists, they
could acknowledge the everyday efforts of parents, contributing them to
appreciate to their parents. For example, when I was in elementary school, my
parents got a call that my grandmother was in an
emergency situation. Parents did not have any options without leaving me along
alone, so I should had to do all household chores for three days. While I
did a wide array of chores, such as mopping, washing dishes, or and vacuuming, I gradually realized that there are
hundreds of tasks that my parents have done for me. After they came back, I
expressed my feeling to my parents, contributing to feel a strong sense of
linkage with them.
All things considered, household chores should be a mandatory for
children to make them to be mature and to understand their parents. It
There is no doubt that household chores are more
imperative for children than studying or playing.