Chores for children

Octobergirl

The jobs I get mine to do:

7 year old
Make sandwiches
Hoover
Lay table
Wipe down front of kitchen cupboards
Mop floor
Tidy room

These are all on ad hoc basis. His everyday chore is to pick the bloomin Lego off the floor......in every room in the house.

10 year old daughter is disabled and limited in what she can do as poor hand function.
Her jobs;
Wipe kitchen cupboards down
Empty washing machine
Separate clean washing into individuals piles
Throw dirty washing down from top of stairs
Put cans away in cupboard after shopping trip
Help clean inside of car

Again all ad hoc and depend on how ratty I am at the state of the house / their wanting to help out.

GwylimT

Daughter (six) must sort her washing, load it, add the egg and then grab me or her mum to have a quick check that all is okay before turning the machine on.

Set the table each night and put everyones empty pots on the side ready to be rinsed and put in the dishwasher.

Put the bathroom bin and living room bin by the back door on bin day for me to empty.

I don't consider things like making her bed, putting clothes in the basket or tidying her own toys a chore.

Saffagal

My 3 year old has "jobs" to do and if I'm doing "jobs" she'll come and ask me what she can do to help as the sooner the jobs are done, the sooner I can play with her.

Her most recent tantrum was because she got home from nursery and I had already set the table for dinner so she didn't have that job to do.

Without prompting she takes and puts the baby's nappies in the bin and puts her dirty clothes (and often baby's) into the correct laundry bags. She also makes her bed each morning (pulls her duvet straight), and most nights will set the table for dinner. She also loves helping to empty the dishwasher and fold the laundry and asks to water the pot plants.

She has lots of time to play and be a child, but is also learning how helping out at home means we have more time to all do fun things together.

1234mas430

stroodes wrote: »

Oh my god I feel so ashamed mine do nothing. 21 and 14 but me and hubby chose to have them and feel blessed although throttling is tempted at times.

You might feel blessed but your kids wont thank you for being crap parents ,when you should have been giving them sensible responsibilities you've let them slide. They won't be able to cope in later years, down to you & be a burden on the rest of us.:T

Money_maker

Not a new thread peeps, just a poster dragging up year old ones to have a pop at another poster. Really?

jamiehelsinki

I used to get my daughter to help me do jobs as opposed to doing them herself slowly as she's got older she does most things herself now.

Batman2017

slightly off topic but does anyone know why i can thank some posts but not others? i ask as there are some on here that i want to thank but cant. some that i can but dont want to.

silvercar

Batman2017 wrote: »

slightly off topic but does anyone know why i can thank some posts but not others? i ask as there are some on here that i want to thank but cant. some that i can but dont want to.

No reason for that. You should be able to thank any post you can see.

svain

1234mas430 wrote: »

You might feel blessed but your kids wont thank you for being crap parents ,when you should have been giving them sensible responsibilities you've let them slide. They won't be able to cope in later years, down to you & be a burden on the rest of us.:T

That is the biggest load of horse sh*t ive read in a long time

svain

Taking their own plates to the kitchen and loading into dishwasher isnt a chore. Returning cups, plates etc from their bedroom isnt a chore either .... Its a minimum requirement. Tidying up behind them after playing, drawing etc is also preferable. Making a cup of tea/coffee is also a nice quality,

Rest of it .... bedding, laundry, cleaning, housework, cooking, packing up own lunches etc isnt for kids to do!!.
This is the parents responsibility. If the parent doesnt want the extra work of kids then get a cleaner/housekeeper etc, or dont have kids .... some of the expectations being put on kids is one step away from slave labour, cloaked in "how it prepares them for later life" ... what tosh!!. Most kids are absolutely fine when they get to adulthood.

Let kids have fun, enjoy there down time and stop pushing responsibility into them and stop nagging them about this type of stuff. Kids have most their lives to worry about responsibility