菜英文-做家事小孩聰明『英語閱讀』 08
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1.Doing chores家事 Could Help Children小孩 Focus, Study Says
2.Bad news for children, but excellent news for parents家長: a new study has suggested建議 that doing chores at home may be good for young people.
3.Of course, some parents have been saying this for years.
4.Researchers研究員 in Australia 澳洲found a link between doing jobs around the house — including cleaning and taking out the trash樂色 — and better executive執行 function功能 skills技術, which are things like memory記憶, being able to focus專注 and being able to change from one task工作 to another.
5.So, doing chores could help children develop發展 these skills, according根據 to the study — as long as the jobs are right for the age of the child.
6.In 2020, 207 parents of children aged between 5 and 13 — with most living in Australia — were asked questions about the chores their children did, and about their executive function skills.
7.Researchers put chores into three groups: self-care自顧, family care家庭照顧 and pet care寵物照護. 
8.Self-care included包含 jobs the child did for their own needs, such as making themselves a snack, while family care included things like taking a phone message訊息.
9.The researchers did not report報導 a link連結between pet care tasks and improved改善 executive function功能, however然而.
10.Deanna Tepper, who led the study, said that children who often經常 cook做飯 a family meal餐 or weed除草 the garden may be more likely to excel精通 in other things — like schoolwork or problem solving解決.
11.However, as she told Australian radio station 6PR , "Not all chores have to be boring." She said if children show that they enjoy享受 cooking or gardening園藝, for example, parents should encourage鼓勵 that interest興趣 at a young age.
出處：https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/doing-chores-could-help-children-focus-study-says/OgfDcgFNEe2oWterZ-GzQw