Paying the kids to do housework

GwylimT

victory wrote: »

Uhm never went that far, they always got dinner, plenty of I am going to cut the plug of x y z though:rotfl::rotfl:

Threatening to wipe his playstation memory card got him tidying his room in seconds!

moomoomama27

GwylimT wrote: »

Not giving a teenager a hot meal child abuse, what a load of rubbish, if they want their dinner they can get off their lazy !!!!!!.

I would never use food as a weapon, that's going too far!

loracan1

In principle they should help out because they live there and pocket money given anyway. In practice it's a damn sight easier using bribery.

I pay a decent whack to my eldest for the kitchen to be cleaned and dishwasher sorted out out each day. I do expect other jobs to be done if I ask though - hedge cutting, running the hoover over the front room etc, without extra payment.

loracan1

moomoomama27 wrote: »

I would never use food as a weapon, that's going too far!

The wi-fi password is far more effective!

Mojisola

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

They do both get pocket money (not much) and basically for that they are supposed to keep their own rooms reasonably tidy, strip their beds once a week and help sort out their own laundry. The 15yo does this willingly but refuses to do anything that doesnt involve his room or his possessions.

The youngest (13) just hates doing anything domestic, full stop.

Does he/she think you enjoy the domestic tasks?

I would be tempted to try "I think you're both right, why should I do things around the house!" and have a couple of strike days.

moomoomama27

loracan1 wrote: »

The wi-fi password is far more effective!

I agree, the router goes off for bad behaviour, not helping or all the rest of the lovely horrible things teenagers do

GwylimT

moomoomama27 wrote: »

I agree, the router goes off for bad behaviour, not helping or all the rest of the lovely horrible things teenagers do

If only we had that 'weapon' when my son was a teen. My dad once emptied almost the entire contents of my sisters room into the front garden when she has spent weeks refusing to clean it, as a brother I enjoyed that one, oddly enough she never did it again.

skylight

The younger ones all do a job because they are part of the household - (I have 5 under 12 atm!) so one may empty the dishwasher, another loads it, another takes the rubbish out and one helps me put the food stuffs after dinner away. The very youngest is too young! The younger kids have only that one job to do. As teenagers, the older ones have had 'bigger' jobs to do plus standard household jobs, but they are paid a pocket money/mobile credit sum for their jobs. One month with no jobs and therefore no credit means there is not a second month....

moomoomama27

GwylimT wrote: »

If only we had that 'weapon' when my son was a teen. My dad once emptied almost the entire contents of my sisters room into the front garden when she has spent weeks refusing to clean it, as a brother I enjoyed that one, oddly enough she never did it again.

Now that's a good one! I have done the bin bag trick, bagged it all up and shoved it outside!!

ste_wilko

Kids shouldn't have to help out around the house, apart from tidying up after themselves and keeping their room tidy.

At the end of the day it was your decision to have children. Why should they be made to do housework? They didn't ask to be brought into the world.

If you want them to do chores other than tidying up after themselves then you should reward them with either pocket money or other treats.

Once they get to 18 then yeah, fair enough because they can go out and start earning a living and contributing.

Just my 2p's worth, mind