2006-06-05 15:18:38 · 16 answers · asked by spazzzz67 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
none, make the teenagers do all the work
2006-06-05 15:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by paulie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So many people measure by percents when it comes to marriage. You do 50% and I'll do 50%. Why would anyone want to only give 50% percent to a marriage, family, work etc. With summer here I'm assuming, the kids are home so they should help around the house more. They can do their own laundry and clean up their own messes during the day when mom and dad are at work. Wouldn't hurt to give them each an extra chore like dusting, vacuuming or a little yard work. After all they live and play there too and should help out. After coming home from work you and your husband should take time for yourselves first. Unwind, read a little, relax. Then, do chores together. Cooking, dishes, laundry, dusting, shopping, what ever needs to be done. Put some fun into it and things will get done faster, you will spend more time together. even if it is just chores, and you will end up with more fun time together as a couple, as a family when all the chores are done! If the kids do have jobs then you should all follow the same plan. Come home, relax, unwind then work together until things are done and it's time for play! Everyone gives 100% to the family. How sweet life would be!
2006-06-05 16:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by Country 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What ever the two of you decide on together....I really don't believe in his and her chores. I believe in if it needs done do it. I am a stay at home mom, to three young kids....and yes most days I do most of the housework....but I tell you if I don't feel like it, then I don't do it. If my hubby gets home from work and it's bugging him that it's not done...then he knows he is free to clean up anytime he is ready. We have never argued over house cleaning issues...I do most of the big stuff like toilets, dusting,windows etc....but dishes, laundry (although he never folds) , vacuuming, taking out the trash, yard work, That sorts stuff...we both do.
Things were the same way when I was working ... we in our marriage have been through times when I was working part time...fulltime...not at all...and times when he has worked full or part time...and for a brief period he was unemployed while I was working full time. But, things have not changed.
But, I do agree that your children could have some responsibility in the household chores. Mine do and they are young yet. But as a teen I had to do the dishes, dust, vacuum, do my own laundry, babysit my younger siblings......won't hurt em.
2006-06-05 15:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discuss it with hubby. Different things work for different families. Maybe wife and kids should do daily chores and hubby could do chores that need to be done weekly or something like that. Try to get each person to be responsible for their own things as possible. Ie, rinsing their own dishes, folding their own clothes, picking up after themselves etc. You could make each person totally responsible for one room. Just some ideas. Good luck
2006-06-05 15:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
give chores to teens...mothers have an equivalent of at least one full and one part time job just being a mom...so add on the part time job and you have two full time ones. Dad works full time...he should take out trash. Kids should be doing all other chores.
2006-06-05 15:21:30 · answer #5 · answered by dixiegalpa21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, you have 2 teens, if he works full time, he better get easy chores like laundry, his and yours at best. Those kids better be pulling more weight than you two have too. They have to learn some responsibility.
2006-06-05 15:24:50 · answer #6 · answered by Almighty Malachi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chores come in a variety of choices- what chores would he prefer? and what chores do the teens have? it takes alot of work to run a household but half wouldnot be fair to the fulltime employed spouse. i would divvy it up including the kids.
2006-06-05 15:22:27 · answer #7 · answered by ladyofthehollow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the hours he works and age of kids--teenagers means they are 13 to 19---old enough to help clean house--do chores--maybe mow the yard..
that way when dads home he can rest and have more energy for the misses hehehe
2006-06-05 15:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by lhardwick69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
15% for hubby. 25% for wife. 30% each for the teenagers unless they are working.
2006-06-05 15:21:36 · answer #9 · answered by bifun83687 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with 2 teens + mom and dad --- divide up the chores evenly amongst the 4 of you ---
2006-06-05 15:22:57 · answer #10 · answered by jaimestar64cross 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None since you have 2 perfectly aged kids wondering around the house playing XBox and jamming on music. =)
2006-06-05 15:21:55 · answer #11 · answered by James B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋