Giving your kiddo age-appropriate chores is critical—if they don't understand how to do something or feel like they can't do it on their own, they can get frustrated, overwhelmed or discouraged. To determine if chores are age-appropriate, they should correspond to the activities your child is already doing on their own on a daily basis. For example, your preschooler is taking out toys to play with, so an appropriate chore would be putting those same toys away. School-age children put their coats and backpacks on to go to school, so they could return those to the closet when they get home.