menial tasks

In a new study, kids had an easier time doing boring tasks if they pretended to be Batman, Bob the Builder, Rapunzel or Dora the Explorer – all well-known characters who are model hard workers — and were given props to help them get in character: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/pretending-batman-helps-kids-focus-boring-tasks-study-shows.htm http://selfcontrol.psych.lsa.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cdev12695.pdf_jsessionid9A14126FF0E062AD942DD3C3CEE26155.f04t03.pdf  

A discussion about trying to get teens to do chores: http://yourteenmag.com/family-life/getting-teenager-to-do-chores?utm_source=Weekly+Emails&utm_campaign=d61025cd08-Weekly_Digest_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_418d895dd9-d61025cd08-408240285&mc_cid=d61025cd08&mc_eid=f18f5a8f38  

ChoreMonster is a new web and mobile app, that offers a timely list of seasonal chores you may not have considered, and funny little sounds and animated monster rewards for kids. Through a tie-in with Disney, ChoreMonster parents were able to reward kids with exclusive pre-release clips of the Pixar movie Inside Out in May and June. The company […]