chores
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So she traded the Instagram-worthy, slime-making and sensory bucket activities that required hours of prep and started enlisting her kids’ help with household chores and gardening.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Exhibit A: One of the game’s greatest scorers, Kevin Durant, has been forced by his own team to do a lot of ballhandling chores too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
And she created a scorecard on Slack to keep track of the chores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
But for many parents struggling to manage work, household chores, and other siblings - and even their own screen time - this might seem an impossible, unrealistic task.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
I have been working hard too, shoveling coal, swabbing the deck, & doing other chores.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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