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

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rayiner ◴[04 Sep 18 00:45 UTC] No.17905800[source]▶
This isn’t Mayan “supermom” magic. Kids all over the world (including the US) do manual labor around the house/farm. Kids who don’t earn their keep are a relatively new invention.

(I’m probably the first child in my family line to not work growing up. Most Americans probably are not more than a generation or two removed from that.)

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addicted ◴[04 Sep 18 02:44 UTC] No.17906245[source]▶
Except this concept appears to be about making chores fun for kids before they can even do those chores properly.

Which is clearly different than kids “earning their keep” which presumes they’re at an age that they can actually successfully and competently do those tasks.

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1. ramblerman ◴[04 Sep 18 10:12 UTC] No.17907916{3}[source]▶
> Except this concept appears to be about making chores fun for kids

Not really, you extrapolated that. It's about getting them to do chores early. But real ones, and giving them some leeway even if they are not 'really' providing value yet.