When I went away to college, my mom gave me a recipe box filled with index cards labeled with chores, organized by date, as a gift. She explained this was how she learned to keep up with housework.

Tracy Gunn earned more than her husband, until they had kids. She realized her career would never catch up if she continued ...

Microshifting is a simple, flexible approach to work-like tasks that means you do less desirable chores around other commitments, rather than the other way around. Now, my home feels calmer, my ...

Do you require your children to do chores? Should you? Truth be told, it’s often a lot easier to do the work ourselves – especially when trying to manage the assignments we give our kids becomes a ...

My husband and I split our household chores based on our strengths and interests. We joke that I'm the CEO of our house, and he's the COO. My husband and I joke that I'm the CEO and he's the COO of ...

Charts, lists, gold stars, jars with chores written on slips of paper, family chore time, allowances - the list goes on and on. Over the years my husband and I have tried just about everything to get ...

It would happen every time. I'd make what to me seemed like a reasonable request, "Please clean your room," and my three boys would dissolve into a puddle on the floor as if I had just crushed all ...

My 13-year-old daughter vacuumed last night, right after she helped to load the dishwasher with the dinner dishes. She was slow. Geez Louise, was she slow. She complained about it. Declared that "none ...

I was in my first semester of teaching college students when I quickly learned how helpless some of my students were. Some showed up to class in clearly dirty clothing. As I prepared for starting ...

Jan 13, 2024; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; The University of Alabama introduced new head football coach / Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA Former Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is adjusting to his ...