Children's Chores Improve Brain Function

Children’s Chores Improve Brain Function

14th June, 2022

17 June 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press]

Requiring your kids to do chores on a regular basis may be associated with them having better academic performance and problem solving skills, according to new research from La Trobe University.

The study, led by Ph.D. candidate Deanna Tepper and published in Australian Occupational Therapy, found that regular chores were associated with better executive functions—planning, self-regulation, switching between tasks and remembering instructions.

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