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Dear Amy: My husband and I have a bright, high-functioning 16-year-old daughter. I have been teaching her how to perform basic household chores (I do the same with our 12-year-old son), and some basic ...

With just a pen and paper, Whitby, Ont., mom Jody Swain found a way to turn chores into an incentivizing game, in hopes of encouraging her kids to help out more around the house — without the motherly ...