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title: "The Nickels’ Family Job Jar: A Program Promoting Harmony at Home"
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published_at: "2024-05-24T12:47:45+00:00"
modified_at: "2025-01-25T20:45:44+00:00"
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excerpt: "Our family had initiated a \"job-jar\" of weekly chores to spread out the housekeeping duties. My wife, who works, had strongly suggested that we all pitch in for the good of the family. Our two sons (aged 7 and 10) agreed and we selected a list of 20 jobs to be completed weekly. These jobs…"
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authors: "Dennis & Michael Nickels"
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Our family had initiated a “job-jar” of weekly chores to spread out the housekeeping duties. My wife, who works, had strongly suggested that we all pitch in for the good of the family. Our two sons (aged 7 and 10) agreed and we selected a list of 20 jobs to be completed weekly. These jobs ranged from “feed the dog” to “take out the garbage,” and changed weekly through a random drawing. We wrote the “jobs” on slips of paper and drew these slips in turn from a cigar box.