2006-10-02 04:01:43 · 7 answers · asked by trboak 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
How about cleaning their bathroom, packing their own lunches, helping to set the table, using the vac, keeping their bedrooms cleaned, changing the sheets... there are TONS of things they can do.
2006-10-02 04:04:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AT that age I was doing dishes (no dishwasher)
Folding clothes from the dryer and off the line
Cleaning my room
Dusting the house with pledge
cleaning the inside windows
keeping the house straightened
Vacuuming
Taking out the garbage
When I was 14 I started mowing the lawn and cleaning the bathrooms
Of course I didn't do all of these things all the time but my mom gave me chores to do during the week, usually one or two a day, and I kept my room clean all the time...except now...once I moved out it was the one thing that I let get dirty!
This made me a better person, because I was not dependent on someone else to do these things for me when I left home.
2006-10-02 11:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by Moosha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
list all the chores on paper and sit down with them and have them pick what they feel they can do. Switch every few weeks. This worked for our family cause chores suck no one wants to do them (do you?) but they do need to get done.
Also we believe that your room is your own responsibility not a chore so that wasnt on the list that was expected to be done. If you get a snack or dirty a dish (not including meal time dishes) put in dishwasher or sink. School books/bags- own responsibility leaving clothes laying around - own responsibility. Chores were defined as jobs that everyone made i.e family meals, garbage, vacuuming, looking after pets/mess/walking house cleaning in general EXCEPT our own rooms these were our responsibility. Just like as a parent you look after your own room yu wouldn't have yur kids clean it.
Also we all helped out cooking - it was a family "job" one sets table, one helps mom cook, one clears off everyone helping made light work. brings family closer too
Doing chores together makes sure they are done right and yur spending quality time with your children yu can talk together etc...
2006-10-02 11:16:13 · answer #3 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cleaning their rooms... Taking out the trash... Doing Dishes... Feeding the animals (be sure you trust them for that)... Alos some yardwork... Like either mowing or raking...
2006-10-02 11:03:34 · answer #4 · answered by Shadow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take out the trash, do the dishes, help with dinner, that sort of thing. You should also teach them that there are no "women's" jobs or "men's" jobs, that the housework is equal between men and women.
2006-10-02 11:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont give them chores - give them food for the work they do. If they dont work, dont cook. If they make their own food - you are halfway there. If they get cheeky about it - stop buying food for the house. 4 weeks no food or money they will be massaging your feet for your attention.
2006-10-02 11:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by dishirai 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Tidy up their bedrooms!
2006-10-02 11:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by HJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋