Today, more and more parents encourage their children to help maintain the family house. But, when I was a child, my parents didn't need me to help in the home, and they thought children should spend long time on studying instead of helping in the home. But, I think this is a way they can learn new practical skills. By helping in the home children can contribute to the family. Over time this activity builds pride and self-confidence. Self-confidence is one of the most important characters for a successful person. So, if a child helps in the home early, they can get more self-confidence from this activity. Moreover, having work that others are counting on teaches a child responsibility. Throughout the process, a child is building good lifelong habits like cleaning their room. I think building good lifelong habits is the most important. For example, some adults’s didn’t build a good lifelong habit so that their rooms are always messy, and they cannot control their live very well. Furthermore, they learn to manage their time. Doing chores teaches children skills and personal satisfaction. So, if I have a child, I will encourage him to help in the home because his personal skills will be trained.
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I agree with you; helping at home is an activity that can help children to build some character. I don't know how much help where you thinking of; but I believe as long as the kid keeps the room clean and also learns to clean after himself is good enough. This is because to be honest I don't see why children should be cleaning the kitchen of vacuuming the living room. I wonder how a kid can build self-confidence out of cleaning though. Personally I don’t like kids so I know I will never have to deal with this type of situations, but if you ever have one just make sure you don’t focus all of your attention trying to develop the kids cleaning skills.
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