Does anyone have a good chore lists for home?

Question

I have three lazy daughters who only do what is asked of them, nothing further. They are 17, 15, & 11, we have a big house and I cant do it on my own anymore!! I just need to really get organized with a list, but I already searched those and they really dont fit my age groups, please help!!

Answer 1

One thing I found that I liked is a book called Sink Reflections. The house is divided up in zones and you can do daily. You can probably divide up your "daily chores" to each daughter. Good Luck!

http://www.flylady.com/images/Detailed_Cleaning_Lists.pdf

Answer 2

First of all, I must say you should have had them do chores and participate in the household chores when they were little. it might take a while to have them do this consistently. Don't buy them anything or give them what they ask for until they do these chores consistently. That's too bad. I cannot believe that they are lazy. This is not good because when they have their own families are they going to be lazy? you have to raise girls to be great mothers!

the 17 year old can do the following
Take out the garbage
mow the lawn
clean the bathrooms
Do the laundry
make the younger siblings lunch

The 15 yr old can do:
Vaccuming
fold clothes & put them away
run the dishwasher

the 11 yr old can do:
set the table for dinner
clean table after dinner
unload the dishwasher
empty the dishwasher
dusting

Answer 3

Since they are different ages, sort some of the chores according to the age the 11 year old can do the floors and anything below the knees...have her vacuum, sweep and mop, and dust the base boards. The 15 year old can do chores from the knees to the chest, wipe surfaces and anything on them within that range, and the 17 year old can do things that are up high, clean cob webs in corners, dust the ceiling fans, wipe of the tops of cabinets, and water any plants that are up high. (I hate dusting and wiping things, and I hate doing the floors so...what are kids for??) LOL...I don't really mean that! But it would be a great help right?

Answer 4

the best bet is to make your own list and put it on the fridge. I have 4 boys ages 8, 7, 5, and 3. They all have jobs to do! My 8 year old does things like vacuum and dust. my 7 year old makes beds and helps me with the dishes. my 5 year old pulls toys out from under the beds while my 3 year old puts them in the toy box. If they don't do the things on the list then they don't do anything else. point blank. Its school, homework, chores. Then games or whatever else they want to do. Your kids are ALL old enough to do anything you ask them to do

do a month plan. take four rooms in your house and put them on a list. each one of you will start with one room and then rotate the rooms week to week. you will have to do the rest of the house along with whatever is on the list but you will not have to worry about 3 rooms and then let them do their own laundry..help them at first if they don't know how but then let them do it. they are old enough. and then they will have their own rooms. granted they wont clean it they way you would but they will learn how with time. if you think that is two much just feel it out

that is enough for them to do and still have time for themselves. good luck

Answer 5

Have the three girls sit down at the table and make their list of what they are willing to do during the week. You look over the list and find anything that they may have left out. Go over the list with them and go from there. If you expect that they help out then you could have been working on it before now and they would know what is expected of them to do and not have to be asked.

Answer 6

But to be helpful I would suggest that they have to clean up their own messes and if they don't then one of the other girls can EARN money from them by cleaning up their mess.

So you tell them all what they need to keep clean. Only make it their own personal items. If they don't clean them up then bill them for the cleaning if you do it and if another one wants to make extra money then let them do it and then they get the money from the one that isn't doing it.

You know they are going to have the rest of their lives to work. AND MOST WOMEN clean too much, so don't let your need to have a perfect house take too much time from their lives. If they wash their own clothes and clean up their own dishes then the rest you can take care of however clean you need it to be.

Their room is their room... messy or not, let them keep it their way.

Keep to chore list short. Limit money and encourage them to go out and make some spare cash.

Answer 7

Age group I don't know where you come from but since I was able to stand on a chair and reach the sink Ive been doing dishes laundry and cleaning house all my life and still do... There is no age group for your kids they should have to do all the same things but switch them off week from week... Example
wk.1
17yr.old- Dust house, Sweep and mop kitchan
15- Dishes, clean bathroom
11- trash, sweep living room and hallways

All of them clean their rooms, And switch off week from week...

Answer 8

They are all old enough to keep thier rooms clean. To vacuum the house, to dust and to do thier own laundry. Maybe not laundry for the eleven year old. If they want clean clothes, they will have to wash them. They are all old enough to clean the bathroom too. Good Luck. Reward them when they do well and give them nothing when they dont.

Answer 9

Your daugthers are old enough to take on some of your responsibilies. The eldest can do everything you do chore wise b/c its nearly time for her to go out in the world. The two youngest can also do almost everything except cook and pay bills and drive. Chores groom us for life...

Answer 10

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