What would appropriate chores be for a 16 year old?

Question

Daily and weekly. What would an appropriate allowance be?

Answer 1

1)Keeping their room picked up and bed made daily. Washing day they should strip the bed and get all dirty laundry to laundry room. When laundry is done they should make their own beds.
2)After each meal they should remove their dirty plates and silverware from the table. If you have a dishwasher they should rinse the plates and put in dishwasher. If no dishwasher, they should help with washing or drying the dishes after the meals.
3) If they should snack in the evening and dirty dishes they should pick up after themselves, including doing the dishes they just dirtied.
4) Empty all the wastebaskets the night before garbage pick up. If it's needed before that they should help with that and carry it to the outside dumpster.
5) If you have pets, they should feed and water them daily.
6) They should be responsible for putting their shoes & jackets, and school books in a proper place. No shoes off at the door and just left there, no jacket hung over a chair, and no books dumped on the dining room table or other popular drop spot.
7) Weekends- Any household chores you need help with, or helping with mowing or weed whipping, sometimes raking leaves, or cleaning the inside of the vehicle and washing the outside, or helping with washing windows on the house.
8) Most important, they need to do their homework each and every night and work for the best grade they can achieve.
I'd pay $20 to $25 per week. If they really helped me out on Saturday jobs I'd throw in an extra $10 or $15 depending on how long they helped and how hard the job was.

Answer 2

Do their own laundry. Wash there own dishes after they eat. Keep there room clean. Mow the lawn (depending). Do their home work before they leave the house. Make A's and B's at school. These days, to keep a 16 year old going about 50 dollars a week will keep them motivated enough to continue making good grades and doing there chores. If they screw up, than they do not get the money. Also, you should monitor what they buy. You still are the parent.

Answer 3

At 16, a person should be doing their own laundry, doing landscaping (mowing lawns and raking leaves), helping out with housework (tidying up, vacuuming, and dishes, and even pitching in to make dinner at least once a week. Thats all in addition to keeping up with their school work, sports, and perhaps a part-time paid job. When I was 16 I did not have a set weekly allowance, but I was expected to pay some of my own expenses (gas for my car, entertainment, and clothing). My folks would pay me for doing tasks around the house. I think my rate was something like $5/hour. At 16, a person should be preparing themselves for the very near future when they have to work for their money and cover all their own expenses.

Answer 4

Daily, wash dishes weekly, a volunteer activity allowance would depend on whether the chore was done properly and without persistent reminder that it needed to be done everything goes well, $25 or $30 a week or reward with a desire that they have, such as, staying out really late and reduce the $$$ in accordance with their desire

Answer 5

Washing dishes, cleaning the bathroom, dusting, cleaning their room, and vac cumming. This should be weekly except dish washing should be everyday unless their are siblings. Also no allowance. Teach the child responsibility. In life you are not paid for taking care of your responsibilities i.e Paying Bills.

Answer 6

$10 a week general but more for other duties that you don't expect her to do like wash the car, mow the lawn clean out the garage.
Normally at 16 they should clean their room, their bathroom, take turns vaccuuming the house, empty the dishwasher anything to help around depending on if both parents are working.

Answer 7

Laundry-entire family
Run the vacuum twice a week
babysit as needed
empty the dishwasher
mow the yard
They live here too! Someone has to do it. I would pay based on your ability to give an allowance. If you are struggling then tell the kid the situation. If you have money to share then be generous if they are consistent and do a good job! Good luck!

Answer 8

You are 16 right? I am the wrong one to ask. my parents got devorced when i was young. i lived with my dad..... i cooked cleaned, did my younger brothers stuff... if i didnt no one would. At 16 pretty much did everthing for myself except buy food... I had a job at 16. Allowance...please you got a roof over your head and clothes right? You should feel very lucky....alot of young kids (much Younger then 16) have nothing...hahah sorry i am a hard on you.. good luck

Answer 9

I'm a 16 year old, I actually spend my time more productively than regular chores, I find that's better for me than chores, though my mother never assigned me any regular pattern of chores, if she asks me to do something when it need be done then I simply do it.

Answer 10

Take out trash, baby-sit, wash dishes, wash, iron, and put away their own laundry, keep their room/bathroom clean, wash mom's/dad's/their own vehicle, mow the lawn..........

I'd say at most, I'd give them $30. But they would only get the $30 if they did at least HALF of all the things I just listed.