It is very important for me that a child learns how to do household chores.  At a young age, I already exposed Kib in doing chores since he doesn't have a yaya.  When he was younger, I always let him pack away his toys and put his shoes in the shoe room under our stairs. Now that he is older, I'm so happy that he also finds initiative in doing household chores on his own and takes pride on it.  We do gardening together, we wash cars, we clean the house (I sweep, he mops, he brings the trash outside the house), we do laundry (he sorts the soiled clothes), we cook (he peels vegetables), and other things.  I consider this as a bonding activity.