My little girl will be two in March, but I already have her "helping" me with general duties. Not because i need her help or want to put her to work, but it keeps her occupied and it sets an example of helping out. I get her to help me with the washing, she hands me all the clothes out of the basket while I hang them out, she tells me "daddy's nundies, mummies shorts, mine nundies" very cute! I also have a toy mop and broom, she sweeps and mops while I vacuum the floor, she packs away all her toys at the end of the day while we sing a song - will definitely look up the pack up time one as mentioned above, although TBH she sometimes gets distracted and stops and plays - that's OK too. I also get her to help me unpack the dishwasher by handing me the things and I pack away, again she names all the items that come out of the dishwasher, so it's a good vocab game. I figure start all this from a young age so it won't be a shock when she's old enough to make her bed and tidy her room. Her kindy teacher told me yesterday that she tidied up the whole room while the other kids ran a muck and she got a big sticker, so I can already see she understands even though she's little. As I said its more about occupying her / including her in what I am doing, if it takes longer than so be it, I would much prefer to have a good time with her doing it than have her sit and watch TV....