Abstract
This study investigated how Japanese children help their parents in daily domestic affairs, such as shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc. Three typical elementary schools were selected with due consideration for regional differences. Questionnaires were distributed to 1500 pupils and their parents with a 100% return. Conclusions may be made as follows : 1. Most of the parents expect help from their children in daily routine activities, and the motivesof their expectations are reasonable and ad missible. 2. Many of the children help their parents in somewhat passive ways, and some are liable to nonperformance. This is probably due to lack of a long-sighted view in child training on the parents' side.
