A tip for getting kids to do their chores in the internet age!

Posted By: Dan Spector · 7/31/2012 7:43:00 PM

It wasn't long ago that "No TV!" was the big threat to get kids to tackle their chores. Nowadays, kids are tuned in to a different beast: the Internet. Here's an idea we spotted that keeps mom or dad in control of the home network to keep kids accountable for their chores.

It looks like some tech-savvy mom or dad decided to make access to their home's wifi contingent on their kids walking the dog and making their beds:

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Of course, if your kid is a future computer engineer, she'll figure out that you can re-set the wifi password by tinkering with the router. But in any event, you'll either end up with a kid who always tackles his chores or the next networking wiz kid. Win-win, right?

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