What chores do your children have?

[Sonoran Silkies]

As a part of her kids' birthday ritual (starting when they were tiny), my friend added a weekly chore to each child: at one age it was dusting, at another vacuuming, at another laundry, etc. Daily chores didn;t necessarily wait for a birthday to be assigned

Now that they are 19 & 17 they can both do any chore in the house, and do it well.

 

[Karrie13]

My kids think I am the meanest mom in the world because I make them do chores while some of their friends do not have to do any. They are starting to realize now that I make them do chores because it is good for them. They are 10 (11 on 4-8, girl) and 12 (boy).
They alternate this every day:
Wash Dishes
Put up dishes
Laundry (I get it started while we are getting up and ready for school/work but they finish when they get home from school)

My 12 year old feeds and waters the dogs in the morning and my 10 year old does it in the evenings. My daughter has a hard enough time dragging herself out of bed in the morning to anything other than get herself ready.

My son is responsible for taking out the trash and recyclables when it is needed.

During the summer they help work in the garden pulling weeds and harvesting veggies. I do all the processing but my daughter organizes it in the pantry. She is very particular about organization so I let her do it.

In the evenings (especially in the winter) 10 year old collects the eggs and locks the chickens up at night.

They both are responsible for taking out the water hose to water the horses; I take care of feeding and watering the chickens.

They are also responsible for cleaning up their rooms and putting away their laundry. They will also help out with cleaning the house too. During the summer they go to Grandma’s a lot to help out with chores too. Like picking rocks out of the fields, working in the flower garden, helping paint or anything else that needs done.

They are very good kids and I think having responsibilities and chores will make them responsible and knowledgeable adults too. A little hard work never hurt anybody. They of course get treats and surprises for all the work they do too.

 

[elijahboy]

my ten year old son is responsible for cleaning his and his brothers room (they share) he also has to clean the shower and the tub sweep the bathroom floor and map and wash the pots and pans and take out the trash

my six year old daughter has to clean her room clean the hall bath toilet and the sink and wash all the dishes other than the pots and pans

my 3 year old sons current chores is terrorize everyone and take his nap during the day and vaccuum the area rugs in the living room and sometimes wipe the walls down that he puts his hands all over

 

[Amanda0609]

My 3 1/2 year old gets all the dirty laundry downstairs, puts his own folded laundry away, get his dirty dishes to the sink, helps with recycling, makes his bed, picks up his toys, and helps put groceries away. I think the biggest thing about younger kids having chores is that parents have to let them do it as well as they can and not expect it to be perfect. My son makes his own bed as well as he can, does it look really nice? Well not really but I don't want to squash his self esteem by going behind him and fixing everything. He has always been responsible to clean up after himself and I hope he turns out better because of it. I have nieces that are in highschool and never had to do anything as young children. Now my sister can't get them to do anything without taking away their cell phones or internet and she doesn't see why its such a hassle. Nice to see what other people have their kids do. I might have to let my little guy feed the dogs and see if he can handle that. Thanks for sharing, glad I'm not the only one with a young child that has regular chores already.

 

[chixie]

MY 2 girls at home clean their rooms nd do their own laundry and take care of their pets.. If they want extra money to go somewhere or buy a luxuary they have to help more and earn it. my 13 year old helps me alot by helping feed all the other animals...

 

[CaitlynNichols]

I usually help out my parents on a day to day basis. On the weekends is when we clean up the house, I vacuum, dust, help with the laundry, cook, and so forth. Sometimes I help my father with the garden during the summer. So I do a whole bunch of things just to be helpful around the house.