▶ Your Answer : It will help many children to learn how to be independent and responsibility, but I don't think it is necessary for children to help house chores when they are young considering two reasons. First, children can learn how to do house chores and have responsibility about their chores later when they grow up. Children these days are busy enough spending time in something else. They should study to prepare for their future and they also have to learn appropriate social skills so they can use it when in their future because achievements in their life and relationship with others are very important for them. They can activities like house chores later. To give an anecdote, I was busy doing other activities when I was young and after I entered university, I had to live alone because my home is far away from school. So I learned many house chores like washing dishes and laundry and after practicing for a while, I became quite good at doing those and currently I have no problem living independently. Also, helping house chores is often stressful task, so children won't have enough time to relieve their stress. Children often take a break from what they have to do as a student by hanging out with their friends or playing in their own way. So when they become busy helping house chores, they won't have enough time to rest. For example, my friend often had to help house chores because her parents were often busy when she was young. So she couldn't have a time to take a break from studying and she couldn't have chance to get friends, although she was rather extrovert and liked to socialize with many people. Thus it is not so helpful for children to learn house chores and it can actually cause bad consequences. For these reasons concerning the fact that children can learn responsibility later and they won't have time to refresh themselves, I think that it will be enough for children to spend their time studying and playing and having other experiences rather than helping house chores. |