Families In A Maya Village In Mexico May Have The Secret To Getting Kids To Do Chores : Goats and Soda : NPR | Box of delight | Scoop.it
From www.npr.org - April 28, 2019 2:14 PM

Helpful kids are happy kids: Pitching in with household jobs builds confidence and gives children a sense of belonging, psychologists say. Sisters Angela, 12, Gelmy, 9, and Alexa Natali, 4, know this well. Since they were toddlers, their mom has encouraged them to help around their home in a village near Valladolid, Mexico.

Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR.
 

Back in the early 1990s, psychologist Suzanne Gaskins was living in a small Maya village near Valladolid, Yucatán, when she struck up a conversation with two sisters, ages 7 and 9.