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    Parents today don't want to give their children much housework to do at home. They just give them small, such as cleaning up toys and(feed) their pets. But doing chores is really important to developing(children) independence. It is necessary to tell children the(important) of doing chores. Today, more and more parents agree with the resultthe study. In the past, parents didn't know how(teach) their children to do chores: When parents (give) their kids hard jobs, they always paid them pocket moneytoys for the jobs. Nowadays, children's main duty(be) schoolwork. Parents don't want their children to do chores,they are sure that doing chores is good for their children.