Nagging your kids to do chores actually has a scientific benefit,it's been confirmed.This means getting your kids to clean up their room and (gasp) do the dishes isn't just you being the Evil Mom Witch,it's just you trying to make your kids more responsible,successful adults–according to scientists from Pennsylvania State University and Duke University.
The researchers Pennsylvania State University and Duke University followed 700 children from all over the US between kindergarten and age 25.What they found isn't surprising,but it totally validates every mom ever whose tried to make her kid help out around the house.The research建立a significant connection "between their social skills as kindergartners and their eventual success as adults."
This study was backed by Julie Lythcott-Haims,the former dean of freshmen at Stanford University and author of "How to Raise an Adult," who toldTech Insiderthat having kids pitch around the house teaches them to think outside of themselves (no surprise there):
"By making them do chores — taking out the garbage,doing their own laundry — they realize I have to do the work of life in order to be part of life."
Lythcott-Haims也在一个Ted Talks现场活动上谈到了她的研究，which she based on a Harvard Grant Study, stating:
"If kids aren't doing the dishes,it means someone else is doing that for them.And so they're absolved of not only the work,but of learning that work has to be done and that each one of us must contribute for the betterment of the whole."
我是说，none of this is all that hard to believe,considering doing things for other people–even if they are your parents–proves that the world doesn't revolve around you.Plus,you learn all sorts of other skills,就像多任务处理一样，organization,kindness,empathy,and how to manage stress levels.所以，basically,being like the parents from "The Wonder Years" is #goals.
Check out Lythcott-Haims's full TED Talk below–and read the rest ofBusiness Insider这篇文章详细介绍了多年来关于如何培养有生产力和适应良好的孩子的各种研究。here.And,remember: now you officially don't have to feel guilty for nagging.
