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Chores and Household Tasks

Which tasks to give at each age, and how to make them stick.

Giving a child chores is not a half-hearted favour: it teaches them to take their share at home, at their own level. The trick is to choose age-appropriate tasks and present them in a way that makes a child want to start. In this category you will find household task lists by age, from 3 to 14, with what a child can genuinely manage at each stage and the classic pitfalls to avoid. We cover how to introduce a new chore without it becoming a chore for you, how to keep the same rules for every child in the home, and how to value effort over a perfect result. Each guide comes with concrete examples and a printable chart, so you can move from theory to practice the next day. You can start with a sheet on the fridge, then track the tasks in the Harmonia app if you wish, with no mandatory subscription.

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