The author s daughter, Rosy, at age 2 as she does dishes voluntarily. Getting her involved in chores did lead to the kitchen being flooded and dishes being broken. But she is still eager to help.
It was a simple experiment. Lucia Alcala, a psychologist, built a tiny model grocery store with aisles and different items that she could put on a family s dining room table.
She and her colleagues brought the model store to 46 family s homes along California s Central Coast. Each family had a pair of siblings, ages 6 to 10.
She gave the siblings clear instructions: Find an efficient route through the store to pick up a list of grocery items and this was made clear work together, collaborate and help each other, says Alcala at California State University, Fullerton. We gave them very specific instructions.
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