Is it just a "kid thing"?

Does anyone else have trouble getting their children to do their chores?

Hello, there's a basket of your clean clothes sitting on the family room sofa. Do you know what to do with them? Here's a hint: your closet and clothes hangers are upstairs in your bedroom.

I put those clean dishes at your place at the table so you could admire them.

Your bathroom sink will not clean itself, even if it is about to burst into life. Likewise for the contents of your trash can. I lined all the trash bins with multiple bags, so no one in this house can ever say, "I won't take the trash out now because there would be no bag left in the can."

A list of daily, weekly, and occasional chores was posted on the front door. A copy was posted on the bathroom door. Don't ask me what it says. You can read.

Your allowance depends upon it.