Question

4. According to Lynthcott-Haims, how are chores an essential part of childhood? How does this relate to positive parenting ideas?

5. Looking at your own childhood, do you feel that your parents imposed a checklisted childhood on you? How do you feel these things have affected you (positively or negatively) as a young adult?

Answer 1

well for the first question, the answer is that it teaches kids at a early age of responsibilities, and how things do not get done without someone taking action.

and you're second question that is all based on how you were raised if your parents forced things upon you or not and if you think it made you a better person or not

Answer 2

4. Julie Lythcott-Haims uses the term “checklisted childhood” to describe the kind of upbringing that forces kids to follow a “to-do list” based only on what colleges expect of them, without developing other beneficial skills. She claims that chores are a great exercise on responsibility and that exempting kids from doing house chores turns them into young adults that need others to tell them what they have to do.

5. I did have what Lythcott-Haims calls a checklisted childhood. My parents put a lot of emphasis on the importance of achieving certain academic goals, but they didn´t encourage me to do any house chores. I think chores provide organization and resolution skills that could have been beneficial for both my personal life and my professional career.