By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Walking or doing a few household chores may ...

When you think about housework, you likely think of actions: scrubbing the dishes, running errands, chopping vegetables for dinner. And it’s not news to say that mothers often shoulder the burden for ...

Despite a new generation of fathers in straight marriages spending more time with their children, the majority of household and childcare work still falls on women. It’s not just the physical labor, ...

While most kids still have to take care of chores, the actual chores have changed over the generations. Although mostly due to a shift in technology and health habits, these are some of the chores ...

Same-sex couples are significantly better at dividing the labor of household tasks, research has found, and how they negotiate chore sharing can be useful to improve sharing in opposite-sex couples.

A 2019 study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics found that performing household chores was associated with improved social skills, academic abilities, and life ...

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Darby Saxbe receives funding from NIH, NSF, and Hello Sunshine, the company which licenses the Fair Play system for the division of household labor. Lizzie Aviv receives funding from and consults for ...