A household chore is a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee, related to or used in the running of a household. Chore is a band that formed in January of 1995. ... Duty is a term loosely appliedDuty to any action (or course of action) whichDutyDuty is regarded as morally incumbent, apart from personal likes and dislikes or any external compulsion. ... One pays a fee as renumeration for services, especially the honorarium paid to a doctor, lawyer or member of a learned profession. ... The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. ...

Household chores can be divided into two categories, indoor and outdoor. The indoor chores have long had a negative connotation, "I have to go do my chores" being a common unhappy statement, while the outdoor chores are sometimes seen as more pleasant.

The indoor chores include cooking, setting the table and washing dishes; cleaning, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting and mopping ; picking up clothes to the washer and laundry; ironing; lift and carry things, putting things away; child and elder care; paying bills. Cooking is the act of preparing food for ingestion. ... The term wash can mean several things: Cleaning A wash is the act of cleaning. ... Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stains and a bad smell. ... Sweep may be any of the following: Look up Sweep in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Vacuum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... After just three years of use, dust has blocked this laptop heat sink, making the computer unusable Dust is a general name for minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers (otherwise, please see sand or granulates and, more generally, finely divided matter). ... A mop in a bucket with a wringer. ... A pick is a tool used for manual labour which consists of a hard spike attached perpendicular to a handle. ... Italian street, with laundry hung to dry Laundry can be: items of clothing and other textiles that require washing, the act of washing clothing and textiles, the room of a house in which this is done. ... An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ... Childcare is the act of caring for and supervising minor children. ... 80 year old man (Paul Kruger in later life) For the song by Hole and Nirvana, see Old Age. ... A bill is a document requesting payment for goods previously supplied. ...

The outdoor chores include decorative and vegetable garden care, lawn and grounds maintenance, animal care, snow removal, driveway maintenance, outbuilding maintenance. A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... For other uses, see Lawn (disambiguation). ...

In Neo-classical economic analysis, such household chores performed by members of the household are not included in economic output. However, Feminist Economists have argued that housework and household chores are a vital part of the economy and society. Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...

Chores are commonly assigned by parents in the United States as tasks for children to complete around the house. Many parents create chore charts that are used to track the completion of these tasks. Common chores assigned to children include: cleaning room, making bed, emptying trash, feeding pets, washing car, laundry and yardwork. Some parents have used chores as a way for children to earn allowance in order to create a connection between hard work and reward, while other parents believe that chores should be done as a family contribution and not compensated for with rewards.

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