Chores No More

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367: Chores No More
Season	1997
Album	29: Signed, Sealed and Committed
Aired	October 04, 1997
Written by	Marshal Younger
Directed by	Phil Lollar
Produced by	Unknown
Sound Design by	John Tony
Music by	Unknown
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[edit] General information

Theme: Responsibility

Scripture: John 15:13,17

[edit] Summary

Heather, Dwayne, Ivan, and Julie form a group to try and get all the kids in Odyssey to go on a chores strike!

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Julie and Heather are talking on the phone and Heather invites Julie to a movie. After consulting her mother, however, Heather can’t go because she hasn’t finished her chores. Heather, Julie, Dwayne, and Ivan meet at Whit's End the next day to gripe about the amount of chores they have to do at home. Whit explains that chores are important to help children feel like part of the family and to learn responsibility. He suggests that if they really feel that they have too many chores, they should talk to their parents about it.

This sounds like a great idea, so the four make their presentations in creative ways, but their parents are not impressed. Wondering what else to do, the kids decide to go on strike to prove their point. They invite all the kids of Odyssey to join along. The four plan to hold a rally and concert to kick off their one-day strike from chores.

As the strike draws closer, however, Heather ends up doing all the organizing because everyone else claims they are too busy. Heather's parents discover what the kids are planning and decide to go on strike themselves. Heather worries about this turn of events, but insists that they should still have the strike. With all the parents and kids on strike together, the day turns into more of a family day. Heather is totally exhausted from all her hard work, but learns her lesson: Chores teach us responsibility and prepare us for adulthood.

[edit] Discussion Questions

1. Why didn't the kids want to do their chores?
   1. What did Whit tell Heather about chores?
2. Heather ended up having to put the whole strike together herself. How do you think this is similar to why chores are important?
3. What chores do you have to do? Why do you think your parents give you chores to do?

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[edit] Notes

• There are evidently two Heathers in Odyssey, both of whom are close friends with Julie.

• VERSION DIFFERENCE: The album version added a number of conversations and scenes to this show. In the album version: Lines are added to the scene where the kids talk about the Star Wars-like movie and several of the scenes where the kids discuss the chore strike. Chris's ending comments are also longer.

• In 376: Chores No More, when talking about a movie they saw last night, a character breathes and shields his voice like Darth Vader and says "Ivan, I am your father...and Mary Lou, the Ice Princess is your mother.

• Marshal Younger had written a different ending to this episode, but it was changed. The original ending was: the first conclusion did not have a crowd gathered to hold the protest. Because of all of the parents wanting to get involved, all the kids got freaked out and decided not to protest themselves. As a result, Heather was out there all by herself, feeling humiliated, but still walking in a circle with a picket sign and saying very softly, "Chores no more." Then, her parents call out the window, "Heather, you need to do the dishes." She pauses, sighs and says, "Coming."

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Chores No More on whitsend.org

Chores No More on AIOHQ.com

Chores No More on AIO Soda Fountain