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

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EGreg ◴[04 Sep 18 00:40 UTC] No.17905776[source]▶
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.

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PhilWright ◴[04 Sep 18 01:06 UTC] No.17905881[source]▶
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?
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1. eboyjr ◴[04 Sep 18 01:21 UTC] No.17905949[source]▶
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...