不少家長都不舍得讓家中寶貝做家務，一方面擔心孩子的能力，一方面不忍心孩子勞累。然而，西班牙的父母想法卻大相徑庭。

據英國廣播公司（BBC）29日報道，西班牙國會近日通過了一項法律草案，要求兒童在家必須做家務。草案如果正式通過，孩子不做家務將屬違法。

西班牙國會通過的這項法律草案是《兒童保護法》中的一部分，規定18歲以下的兒童，不論其年齡還是性別，都有義務參與包括照顧家庭和做家務在內的一切家庭生活。該項法律草案將寫入“孩子的權利和義務”條目中。

Spanish children may soon be required to help out with housework, under a draft law that has been approved by parliament.

The measure, which would be part of a wider child protection law, says that children under the age of 18 have an obligation to participate in all areas of family life. That includes "co-responsibility in caring for the home and performing household tasks regardless of age and gender", the ABC newspaper says. The rules come under a section of the law called "the rights and duties of children".

Along with doing chores, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and have a positive attitude towards learning. But the bill doesn't say anything about penalties for children who refuse to go along, the Local website reports. Other elements of the bill would see the establishment of a list of people who are banned from working with children, and it would become a crime for people who work with children to fail to report possible abuses against them.

Married Spanish men can also face legal sanctions for refusing to do housework - an update in 2005 to the marriage contract used for the country's civil ceremonies added a clause requiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly relatives.

（來源：BBC 編輯：丹妮）