“Clean that pigsty of a room.Right

“Clean that pigsty of a room.Right now!” Virginia shouted to her teenage daughter as she peered through the bedroom door after a long day of work. The daughter ,sitting cross-legged on the floor, looked up from her math homework with a shocked but otherwise disgusted glare.
The nightly conflict had begun at its usual time precisely 6:05 p.m. The scenario is all too commom for anyone who has repeatedly battled with their children over household chores.

What is the “magic formula” to get their children to clean their rooms, help with the laundry, cook, wash dishes, or do any number of the daily tasks that keep homes up and running? Dismayed parents often wonder where they went wrong
“I remember when I was her age”, says a bewildered Virginia, referring to Terri, her 15-year-old daughter.” I had twice as much work to do around the house. I would not have dreamed of blowing off the responsibility. Kids today have it too easy”.
According to the results of a recent survey conducted for the Soap and Detergent Assosiation , 25 percent of responding parents admitted that they constantly nag heir children about cleaning their rooms. Other tasks, such as picking up dirty chothes , returning soiled dishes to the sink, or hanging up wet towels, were causes for concern among parnents .
The truth is, today`s kids may be contributing more than parents are giving them credit for, says Sampson Lee Blair, a family sociologist at Arizona State University (ASU). His research found that children ages 6 to 18 contribute 12 percent of all household labor. He found that nine out of 10 American kids contribute to the household chores at some level.
“The amount of work that children contribute to the family is essential.” says Blair.” An an employer , could you imagine losing 12 percent of your work force? It would be devasting”.
Blair has studied family dynamics for decade. He looks at specific roles within family structure and at how families divvy up household chores. His findings are interesting. He thinks that most contemporary parents are not necessity as concern with teaching these develpomental skills as they are with the pragmatic.