Children's Work in the Family: Its Significance and Meaning.

This paper attempts to study the domestic work of various children in Nebraska. Using data from a random sample of 790 Nebraska parents, this paper reports on extent of children's involvement in the household division of labor and the meaning of this work for the family. A major research tradition in psychology has been the development of moral character in the child, i.e., the development of responsibility, self-control and service. They measured the extent of home duties by a simple checklist of chores that the children had ever done and responsibility by a teacher rating and a student questionnaire on citizenship values.