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I believe that assigning small chores around the house does help build self-esteem and also helps provide the child with a sense of responsibility. My son just turned three and he has been doing chores around the house for about 4 months now. Do not get me wrong I am not having him take out the trash or wash the dishes but little things to make him feel important and also keep him busy while I do the big things!

He receives checks for his chores and at the end of the week if he has enough checks then we will go and do something that he wants to do (the park, Zoo,sleepover). Here are some of the things he is "in charge" of doing!

1) Emptying the trash from his bathroom into the big trash can in the garage. All he does is pulls out the trash bag from his trash can, which normally only consist of a few pull ups from when he has accidents, and tossing it in the large trash can that we keep in the garage.

2) Putting his dirty clothes in the hamper. This is simple enough and something that everyone no matter what age should know how to do!

3) Picking up his toys. He is responsible for being sure that all of his toys are picked up and put where they belong. Once again this is something that all children should be responsible for.

4) Helping make his bed. I make the bed but he is responsible for putting the pillows on it and helping me lay his extra blanket at the bottom.

5) Helping his brother. He has a fourteen month old little brother and he enjoys showing him how to do things so one of his "chores" is to help his brother pick up his room. Which normally consists of two or three toys in the floor.

I think that too many parents "baby" there children and in the long run that child starts to believe that Mom and Dad will always be there to do things for them. Just think could you imagine going over to their house when they are twenty-five and still having to take out their trash and make their bed? My son enjoys being Mommy's helper and we feel that in the future he will be more responsible because we are teaching him that if you work hard you will get rewarded.

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