What chores are appropriate for a 12 year old girl?

Question

My daughter seems to think that her 1 chore of mowing the yard is horrible! Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, I'm 12 and these are all my everyday chores:

setting the table for dinner
cleaning it after dinner
emptying the dishwasher
sometimes filling the dishwasher
switching the clothes from the washer to the dryer
putting the clothes in a hamper after they are out of the dryer
Sometime chores:

Peeling or cutting some vegetables or some kind of food for something my mom is making
folding the clothes after they are cleaned
and more stuff like that

Hope this/I helped!

Answer 2

Since i have been 12 years old once befor i will say nothing easy but nothing hard because my mom didn't give me any chores at the tender age of 12 so now i am ashamed to say i don't know how to do anything...... Like wash my clothes and wash dishes properly, so i would advise you to give her the take out the trash chore or either put my clothes in the dryer and if you have any dogs tell her to feed the dogs but don't put too much presure on her or she will become lazy.

Answer 3

I think that any chore you do is appropriate for the child. My son is 11 and we share the household duties. He cleans the bathroom (that includes the toilet and bathtub), puts away the clean dishes and if there are only a few dishes in the sink he will voluntarily clean and put them away, he takes out the garbage after collecting it from around the WHOLE house, dusts, cleans his room, helps with the laundry. We rent so we don't have any yard responsibility, but if we did he would help out with that as well. I'm actually going to start having him vacuum his own room starting very soon!!! And my son may complain a little, but I give him the 'mommy eyes' and he cuts it out FAST!!!

Answer 4

well I have allergies so I never had to mow the lawn, my brother started doing that at age 14. At age 12 I was doing all of the house hold laundry, dishes half the time, cooking on occasion, all of the ironing, and much of the sewing repair jobs as well as handy work around the house because my dad worked two jobs and my mom was sick, and my brother was useless. I also did general housework. My chores were to do anything around the house that i could to ensure that it was clean and that people would have clothing

Answer 5

I think if you have more than one child, you should delegate jobs so that it's somewhat equal. Obviously, though, a six-year-old wouldn't be responsible for as much as a twelve-year-old. That said, assuming she's an only child, I think it would be reasonable to ask her to help with the dishes, the laundry, general house cleaning, etc. When I was around that age, I lived on a farm, so I had chores outside (feeding chickens, getting eggs, helping get cows from the pasture sometimes, helping as much as I could on the hay wagon) and had some responsibilities inside too (helping with laundry and dishes).

Answer 6

Mowing the yard isn't bad for a 12 year old girl. I mowed when I was 10. But maybe if she REALLY doesn't want to do it, give her another option, like say have her do dishes and laundry or something.

Answer 7

Your daughter has it easy. I had to babysit my brother Thurs, Fri, Sat and sometimes sunday night at that age not to mention Hoovering, Ironing, Polishing, Washing up and general house tidyness. By 13 I had my 1st after school job and was doing that too. I think it's normal in todays society that teens dont realise just how spoilt they are, My brother is now 15 and he is the same, assumes he doesnt have to lift a finger as the world will do it for him. Maybe have her do a bit of everything for a week or two, she will soon see how easy her 1 job of moving the yard is.

Answer 8

When I was her age I was cleaning my room, picking up around the house, scrubbing the bathrooms, taking turns cleaning the kitchen, cleaning up the dog mess......I was lucky though my father did the yard so I never had to do that.

In my house we always rotated chores. One week we had one set and then it changed. We never really had the same chore always. It is good to rotate the chores. The bedroom however was always on our lists.

Answer 9

12 yrs old is too young to be around equipment like lawn mowers, she could get hurt.
here are some things she could do.
Vacuuming, laundry, wash dishes, or load dishes in dishwasher and unload when they are clean . Let her be responsible for keeping her own room clean ie: dusting vacuuming .
These are just some that you or her can choose from. Kids need to have a chore or two, but no more than that,
I don't know why it is , but I know from past experience that kids don't like to do chores, but hey everyone in the family has to pitch in and help.
Good Luck.

Answer 10

My 13 year old son is responsible for mowing the grass, scooping the kitty litter, doing dishes and keeping his room clean. Next weekend he's going to learn how to scrub the bathroom, too.