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It's tough to get your kids to do chores around the house...but the benefits are real.

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Chores...no kid likes to do them...but parents need to encourage them...so says Susan Tordella, parenting expert, mother of four, and author of the book "Raising Able, How Chores Cultivate Competent, Confident Young People." Tordella has an alternate name for her book...

And how can you do that? By giving your kids chores to do...and that can help the family dynamic...

Tordella says chores develop responsibility in our kids. She says you all need to sit down...and make a plan...

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