By age 12, there are few household tasks a teenager should be expected to master
Helping out at home teaches kids the importance of contributing to a team effort.
It also allows them to feel valued and competent, both of which enhance self-esteem.
In this segment of Healthy Children, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann and Melanie Cole, MS, discuss how common chores can help in your child's development and which chores are appropriate for specific ages.
It also allows them to feel valued and competent, both of which enhance self-esteem.
In this segment of Healthy Children, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann and Melanie Cole, MS, discuss how common chores can help in your child's development and which chores are appropriate for specific ages.
Kathleen Berchelmann, M.D., is a pediatrician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, and an official spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Kathleen is the co-founder and director of ChildrensMD, a blog written by five dynamic mom-pediatricians who share their true confessions of trying to apply science and medicine to motherhood. Kathleen and her husband are raising five children.