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How to get your kids to help with chores

How to get your kids to tidy up, including ways to make chores fun for kids. (Yes, it's possible!)
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When it comes to getting kids to help around the house, family therapist and author Jennifer Kolari keeps things simple: If you mess it up, you clean it up.

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