[Antoninus]

Thanks in good measure to my tough-as-nails husband, they hear "no" quite regularly. They help with yard work and house cleaning, which was a normal thing in households of our youth. In our community, this is now rare.

Indeed. Our kids vaccuum, sweep, dust, fold laundry, etc. And the oldest is 5.

[FreedomCalls]

January 1909. Two of the "helpers" in the Tifton Cotton Mill at Tifton, Georgia. They work full time and earn $4.50 a week sticking on bobbins and running sides.