Hi, I’m Sam.

Share the Chores has been made with love and my limited drawing skills, and with a determination to make household chores fairer for everyone, but particularly women who are doing most of the chores in 93% of UK homes.

I hope Share the Chores makes a difference for you. xx

Benefits of Gender Fair Approach

There are tonnes of benefits to a gender fair approach to chores - if you needed a good excuse to use the cards!

Benefits for children helping:

  • a strong connection between doing chores and later professional success and happiness**

  • regular chores are associated with better executive function – planning, self-regulation, switching between tasks and remembering instructions**

Benefits for everyone when dad does his fair share:

  • the most powerful predictor of children’s gender role attitudes is the amount of time fathers spend on housework during children’s adolescence***

  • fathers regularly doing chores increases a daughter’s interest in working outside the home/having a less stereotypical role****

  • compelling evidence that more equitable households = less domestic abuse*

Environmental

Our manufacturer is UK based to limit carbon footprint. They are FSC certified, ISO 14001 accredited and use eco varnish for cards.

Their factory is solar powered and over 70% of the factory water is recycled.

We don’t use cellophane wrap to package our cards.

How to play

Colour coding for children using Share the Chores cards. Look for the coloured spot:

Green: low skill, child friendly, 5+

Amber: moderate skill, adult supervision, 12+

Red: adult skill level, potential risk

Remember: children need adult supervision for many chores.

Download our full instructions.

Sources:

* Research from Norway found that the incidence of violence against women or children in equitable homes is two-thirds lower than households where fathers dominate.“.. gender equality (in the home) has indeed reduced the risk of violence against children.”

** An 85-year ongoing study conducted by Harvard Research has found a strong connection between doing chores and later professional success and happiness. The findings showed that shared responsibilities help children develop greater self-worth, confidence, work ethic, and empathy for others.

*** Cano & Hofmeister June 2022, The intergenerational transmission of gender: Paternal influences of children’s gender attitudes.

**** University of British Columbia study published in the journal of Psychological Science in 2014.

Drawing in progress. Just a bit of fun.