At age 15 what chores around the house should a boy be doing other then trash and cleaning his bathroom?

Answer 1

My son does trash, empties the dishwasher, helps shop for groceries and helps put them away, helps straighten the living room and sometimes vacuums, occasionally does family laundry (not just his own), and handles the litter box. No, he's not a slave, he's just a honey who likes to help out. He doesn't get allowance FOR doing the chores, as in some families, but doing the chores is shared responsibilities for everyone in the family. He gets allowance "just because" every kid needs spending money. We will give extra money in extraordinary cases - when he helps with the job of getting recycling together or gardening - stuff he doesn't regularly do.

Answer 2

Well regardless of gender a 15 year old should be given more chores than that.
I have a 12 year old son who cleans his room, takes the trash out, loads and unloads the dishwasher, sorts laundry, cuts grass, takes clothes off the line, and babysits (he has 3 younger brothers) Basically what I started to do is if I have too many things to do and not enough time, I will give him a job or two. For example... When cooking dinner and my 7 month old needs to be changed, I will ask him to watch dinner and set the table. It may not be hard but it helps, and I am teaching him how to do things along the way.

Answer 3

He should be responsible for
cleaning his room everyday, and bathroom
changing the sheets on his bed 1 time a week.
Garbage
Helping with the lawn (have a family yard work day) 1 time a week
alternate clearing the table and doing dishes

You have to remember that he also has school and homework and maybe sports etc........ He does need time to socialize too. This way he can do his room and bath first thing in the morning.....come to breakfast, check the garbage and be done until dinner time when he either clears or does dishes. Then he can do his sheets while hes helping you in the yard one time a week..........We usually do it in the late afternoon on Sundays..........It works pretty good here......Make sure that cleaning rooms include bringing down laundry and putting clean clothes away.........We also have a strict rule of pick up after yourself.......you mess it you clean it.

Answer 4

There are tons of things a 15 yo could be doing. How much you request of him just depends on what you think he can handle on top of school yet still have time to be a kid.

take out trash
clean his bathroom
clean his bedroom
sort, wash and put away laundry
help with dishes
strip and make beds
mow and trim the yard
water plants
wash cars
help cook meals
vaccum
dust
sweep and mop floors

At 15, really, he could probably do about any chore a grown up could do.

Answer 5

Our 2 sons, ages 11 and 10 take out the trash, clean the bathroom, mow the yard, do their own laundry, clean their rooms and help with dishes and cooking.

Answer 6

Load and unload the dishwasher. Picking up after himself, snacks, socks, shoes, books and paper. Some landscaping. Walking the dog, if you have one, and/or feeding it. Help putting away groceries. I would not expect them to work more than an hour a day in total though in between all chores, especially on school days.
I'm just dreaming. I have a 15 year old who barely does anyhing at all.

Answer 7

Well, I'm not a boy, I'm a girl, and I've been doing almost all of the housework since I was nine, and there are other guys in the house, like my dad and my step brother! So my opinion is HE's 15!!!!!!!!!!!! He's old enough to do almost any housework, and old enough to where you can teach him. Just think, in 3 years, he'll be on his own. He needs to practice taking care of a house now before he is on his own!

~*Toodles*~

Answer 8

How about mow /cut the grass wash the windows , vacume the house , even do the laundry and dry them too, and then put his clothes away wash the car the more things the better anything you do get him to do simple!

Answer 9

He could do things like help with the washing and drying up, sorting the washing, etc. The fact that he is a boy should make no difference. He could also help with the cooking and vegetable preparation.

Answer 10

He definitely needs to learn how to do laundry properly. My son does the dishes too.