Chores Help Kids in the Long Run
-- A sense of empathy as adults.
-- Delayed gratification (putting off something while a job is done).
-- (Thus) self-discipline.
-- Resilience (because one aspect of resilience includes skill development).
-- Greater career success."
Show your landlord this column and perhaps she will ask her son to start helping out around the house.
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