How to Get Kids to Do Chores: Does the Maya Method Work?

Inception! And reverse psychology

Make the child observe for a long time without allowing them to do it.

Children naturally want to imitate and begiin to master tasks. So this is how you make them WANT to do it.

Odd, because my 9 year old never wants to pick up his clothes even though his parents always do. When does this imitation kick in?

It's probably too late now to make it easy. At that age, I wasn't particularly inspired to do things my parents didn't enjoy doing. This article[0] suggests it's around 1-3 years old (toddlers).

[0]: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/09/6169288...