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One day when Mr. Turvey couldn't find one of his shoes and Mrs. Turvey couldn't see her face in the bathroom mirror, they decided it was time to clean the house. So they found Marie, an international student at a local language school, who needed extra money. Marie came to the house and worked all day long. She washed and dried all the clothes. Then she got out the iron. She ironed the clothes, folded them neatly, and put them away. She swept all the dust off the floors with a large broom. She took a wet cloth, wiped the dust off every surface in the house, and polished the furniture until it was shining. She got out the vacuum cleaner and cleaned all the carpets. In the kitchen, the floor was filthy, so Marie got on her hands and scrubbed the dirt off with a scrubbing brush. Finally, she made the bed, and when she had finished, the house looked spotless.

Mr. and Mrs. Turvey came home that evening. There was nothing on the floor. In their bedroom, all the clothes were clean and tidy. 'So, what do you think?' Mrs. Turvey asked her husband. 'It looks nice and tidy,' he said, 'but how are we ever going to find anything?'

One of the most common causes of irritation for the parents of teenagers is household chores, or more precisely, household chores that are left undone. Surveys indicate that only 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers are happy with the amount of housework that their teenagers do. Various factors affect the amount of housework that teenagers do. Teenagers (especially girls) with mothers who have jobs are usually more involved in domestic chores. Also, studies have found that teenagers from large or single-parent families tend to do more housework. For boys, a significant influence on how much housework they do is their fathers' amount.

At the age of 7 or 8, girls and boys tend to spend similar amounts of time on housework. But as children get older, girls tend to do more housework than boys do. At around 15 or 16 years, teenagers usually want to spend more time with friends, in extra-curricular activities, or in paid jobs, and so they are less available for chores around the house.

Teenagers' most common household chores include preparing meals, setting or clearing the meal table, washing dishes or loading / unloading the dishwasher, making beds, vacuuming or dusting, ironing, babysitting, shopping, and cleaning windows, and gardening.

The jobs that parents give their children often show evidence of gender stereotypes. For example, boys tend to do outdoor chores such as gardening, mowing lawns, removing trash, etc. By contrast, girls tend to do indoor tasks such as kitchen work, laundry, housecleaning, and caring for young children. The best way to encourage teenagers to take on non-traditional gender-role jobs is by setting an example. Boys especially are more likely to do housework and other chores that have traditionally been done by women if they see their own fathers doing them.

One of the most common causes of irritation for the parents of teenagers is household chores, or more precisely, household chores that are left undone. Surveys indicate that only 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers are happy with the amount of housework that their teenagers do. Various factors affect the amount of housework that teenagers do. Teenagers (especially girls) with mothers who have jobs are usually more involved in domestic chores. Also, studies have found that teenagers from large or single-parent families tend to do more housework. For boys, a significant influence on how much housework they do is their fathers' amount.

At the age of 7 or 8, girls and boys tend to spend similar amounts of time on housework. But as children get older, girls tend to do more housework than boys do. At around 15 or 16 years, teenagers usually want to spend more time with friends, in extra-curricular activities, or in paid jobs, and so they are less available for chores around the house.

Teenagers' most common household chores include preparing meals, setting or clearing the meal table, washing dishes or loading / unloading the dishwasher, making beds, vacuuming or dusting, ironing, babysitting, shopping, and cleaning windows, and gardening.

The jobs that parents give their children often show evidence of gender stereotypes. For example, boys tend to do outdoor chores such as gardening, mowing lawns, removing trash, etc. By contrast, girls tend to do indoor tasks such as kitchen work, laundry, housecleaning, and caring for young children. The best way to encourage teenagers to take on non-traditional gender-role jobs is by setting an example. Boys especially are more likely to do housework and other chores that have traditionally been done by women if they see their own fathers doing them.

One of the most common causes of irritation for the parents of teenagers is household chores, or more precisely, household chores that are left undone. Surveys indicate that only 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers are happy with the amount of housework that their teenagers do. Various factors affect the amount of housework that teenagers do. Teenagers (especially girls) with mothers who have jobs are usually more involved in domestic chores. Also, studies have found that teenagers from large or single-parent families tend to do more housework. For boys, a significant influence on how much housework they do is their fathers' amount.

At the age of 7 or 8, girls and boys tend to spend similar amounts of time on housework. But as children get older, girls tend to do more housework than boys do. At around 15 or 16 years, teenagers usually want to spend more time with friends, in extra-curricular activities, or in paid jobs, and so they are less available for chores around the house.

Teenagers' most common household chores include preparing meals, setting or clearing the meal table, washing dishes or loading / unloading the dishwasher, making beds, vacuuming or dusting, ironing, babysitting, shopping, and cleaning windows, and gardening.

The jobs that parents give their children often show evidence of gender stereotypes. For example, boys tend to do outdoor chores such as gardening, mowing lawns, removing trash, etc. By contrast, girls tend to do indoor tasks such as kitchen work, laundry, housecleaning, and caring for young children. The best way to encourage teenagers to take on non-traditional gender-role jobs is by setting an example. Boys especially are more likely to do housework and other chores that have traditionally been done by women if they see their own fathers doing them.

One of the most common causes of irritation for the parents of teenagers is household chores, or more precisely, household chores that are left undone. Surveys indicate that only 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers are happy with the amount of housework that their teenagers do. Various factors affect the amount of housework that teenagers do. Teenagers (especially girls) with mothers who have jobs are usually more involved in domestic chores. Also, studies have found that teenagers from large or single-parent families tend to do more housework. For boys, a significant influence on how much housework they do is their fathers' amount.

At the age of 7 or 8, girls and boys tend to spend similar amounts of time on housework. But as children get older, girls tend to do more housework than boys do. At around 15 or 16 years, teenagers usually want to spend more time with friends, in extra-curricular activities, or in paid jobs, and so they are less available for chores around the house.

Teenagers' most common household chores include preparing meals, setting or clearing the meal table, washing dishes or loading / unloading the dishwasher, making beds, vacuuming or dusting, ironing, babysitting, shopping, and cleaning windows, and gardening.

The jobs that parents give their children often show evidence of gender stereotypes. For example, boys tend to do outdoor chores such as gardening, mowing lawns, removing trash, etc. By contrast, girls tend to do indoor tasks such as kitchen work, laundry, housecleaning, and caring for young children. The best way to encourage teenagers to take on non-traditional gender-role jobs is by setting an example. Boys especially are more likely to do housework and other chores that have traditionally been done by women if they see their own fathers doing them.

One of the most common causes of irritation for the parents of teenagers is household chores, or more precisely, household chores that are left undone. Surveys indicate that only 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers are happy with the amount of housework that their teenagers do. Various factors affect the amount of housework that teenagers do. Teenagers (especially girls) with mothers who have jobs are usually more involved in domestic chores. Also, studies have found that teenagers from large or single-parent families tend to do more housework. For boys, a significant influence on how much housework they do is their fathers' amount.

At the age of 7 or 8, girls and boys tend to spend similar amounts of time on housework. But as children get older, girls tend to do more housework than boys do. At around 15 or 16 years, teenagers usually want to spend more time with friends, in extra-curricular activities, or in paid jobs, and so they are less available for chores around the house.

Teenagers' most common household chores include preparing meals, setting or clearing the meal table, washing dishes or loading / unloading the dishwasher, making beds, vacuuming or dusting, ironing, babysitting, shopping, and cleaning windows, and gardening.

The jobs that parents give their children often show evidence of gender stereotypes. For example, boys tend to do outdoor chores such as gardening, mowing lawns, removing trash, etc. By contrast, girls tend to do indoor tasks such as kitchen work, laundry, housecleaning, and caring for young children. The best way to encourage teenagers to take on non-traditional gender-role jobs is by setting an example. Boys especially are more likely to do housework and other chores that have traditionally been done by women if they see their own fathers doing them.

Everyone is individual and different. In the same way, as everyone's fingerprints are unique, so is everyone's personality. We can usually see peoples' personalities in their clothes, how they look after their things, or how they behave with others. When we say that we know someone well, what we really mean is that we can make accurate guesses about what that person will do or think. We know the different features of their personality.

Psychologists think that we have ‘central personality traits.' These affect how we behave and how we react to people and situations. Examples of central personality traits are friendliness, neatness, competitiveness, shyness, and optimism. This means that generally, a person will be friendly or shy, neat or untidy, optimistic or pessimistic in different situations. Some psychologists think that we inherit these central traits from our family and that they usually stay with us all our lives.

Psychologists say that we also have ‘secondary traits', connected with the things we prefer, such as our favorite food, music, films, and colors. These can change as we get older, but many of them often stay the same all our lives. For example, as adults, we may buy clothes the same color we liked when we were children.

Everyone is individual and different. In the same way, as everyone's fingerprints are unique, so is everyone's personality. We can usually see peoples' personalities in their clothes, how they look after their things, or how they behave with others. When we say that we know someone well, what we really mean is that we can make accurate guesses about what that person will do or think. We know the different features of their personality.

Psychologists think that we have ‘central personality traits.' These affect how we behave and how we react to people and situations. Examples of central personality traits are friendliness, neatness, competitiveness, shyness, and optimism. This means that generally, a person will be friendly or shy, neat or untidy, optimistic or pessimistic in different situations. Some psychologists think that we inherit these central traits from our family and that they usually stay with us all our lives.

Psychologists say that we also have ‘secondary traits', connected with the things we prefer, such as our favorite food, music, films, and colors. These can change as we get older, but many of them often stay the same all our lives. For example, as adults, we may buy clothes the same color we liked when we were children.

Everyone is individual and different. In the same way, as everyone's fingerprints are unique, so is everyone's personality. We can usually see peoples' personalities in their clothes, how they look after their things, or how they behave with others. When we say that we know someone well, what we really mean is that we can make accurate guesses about what that person will do or think. We know the different features of their personality.

Psychologists think that we have ‘central personality traits.' These affect how we behave and how we react to people and situations. Examples of central personality traits are friendliness, neatness, competitiveness, shyness, and optimism. This means that generally, a person will be friendly or shy, neat or untidy, optimistic or pessimistic in different situations. Some psychologists think that we inherit these central traits from our family and that they usually stay with us all our lives.

Psychologists say that we also have ‘secondary traits', connected with the things we prefer, such as our favorite food, music, films, and colors. These can change as we get older, but many of them often stay the same all our lives. For example, as adults, we may buy clothes the same color we liked when we were children.

Everyone is individual and different. In the same way, as everyone's fingerprints are unique, so is everyone's personality. We can usually see peoples' personalities in their clothes, how they look after their things, or how they behave with others. When we say that we know someone well, what we really mean is that we can make accurate guesses about what that person will do or think. We know the different features of their personality.

Psychologists think that we have ‘central personality traits.' These affect how we behave and how we react to people and situations. Examples of central personality traits are friendliness, neatness, competitiveness, shyness, and optimism. This means that generally, a person will be friendly or shy, neat or untidy, optimistic or pessimistic in different situations. Some psychologists think that we inherit these central traits from our family and that they usually stay with us all our lives.

Psychologists say that we also have ‘secondary traits', connected with the things we prefer, such as our favorite food, music, films, and colors. These can change as we get older, but many of them often stay the same all our lives. For example, as adults, we may buy clothes the same color we liked when we were children.

Everyone is individual and different. In the same way, as everyone's fingerprints are unique, so is everyone's personality. We can usually see peoples' personalities in their clothes, how they look after their things, or how they behave with others. When we say that we know someone well, what we really mean is that we can make accurate guesses about what that person will do or think. We know the different features of their personality.

Psychologists think that we have ‘central personality traits.' These affect how we behave and how we react to people and situations. Examples of central personality traits are friendliness, neatness, competitiveness, shyness, and optimism. This means that generally, a person will be friendly or shy, neat or untidy, optimistic or pessimistic in different situations. Some psychologists think that we inherit these central traits from our family and that they usually stay with us all our lives.

Psychologists say that we also have ‘secondary traits', connected with the things we prefer, such as our favorite food, music, films, and colors. These can change as we get older, but many of them often stay the same all our lives. For example, as adults, we may buy clothes the same color we liked when we were children.