What is your child responsible for in your home?

Question

Does your child have cleaning or organizing responsibilities? If so, what is it and how old is your child? Thanks

Answer 1

For my kids it just depended on their ages. When they were small, say 2 or 3, they did lots of stuff WITH me - had their own lil mops and such. By 3.5 they could pick up their own toys when told. I had them do stuff when I told them to and with me, and they gradually learned to clean the bathrooms and vacuum and mop and such. When they were 8 I taught them to do their laundry and put a hamper in their rooms [but I still did the white things and the towels and bedding] and for about a year I would baby them along doing their laundry - putting it in for them or switching it from the washer to the dryer - and by the time they were 9 they were very competent at doing their laundry and thought nothing of it. When they were 9 and 10 [or so] I made a chore chart, which was something I should have done LONG ago. I just put on it the stuff I 'thought' I was having them do anyway, and boy was I surprised at how much longer they spent doing chores after that!! I realized I had not been having them do much at all. They are 11 and 12 now and I would say when they put their minds to it and work solidly they average 30-45 minutes of chores/day, which adds up to a LOT in the course of a week. They are pretty responsible around the house as far as cleaning up after themselves, because they are so much more aware of what is involved in cleaning house. When I was growing up NO ONE was responsible for anything, so nothing ever got done, and the house was a constant mess. When I went to college I found many students that couldn't do ANYTHING. Many of them had never done their laundry, written a check, etc. I met one young man who had never poured syrup on his pancakes - mommy always did it for him! As an old married lady I meet ladies all the time who are not capable of taking care of their houses or their finances, and I decided long ago not to handicap my children by not preparing them for life. They have lots of free time, but they also spend time each day working, and we still do a lot together.

Answer 2

I have 4 boys, 6, 4,3, and 1. The one year old is mainly responsible for making all the messes!!! The other 3 are responsible for cleaning those messes up!

My boys all can sweep the dining room floor, empty and load dishwasher. Dust with their on Swiffer dust wands. Weekly we all get little buckets of Lysol and each boy gets assigned an area to wipe...i.e..walls. floorblards, doors, anything yucky...

They also are responsible with keeping their own toys organized and the rooms clean.

My 6 year old takes out the small trash to the dumpster.

The three oldest dress and practically fully bath themselves.

I could name about a 50 other things my boys do. The thing is, I am a neat freak, but I make cleaning fun. The boys actually compete to be the 1st to help or the best. We make cleaning and organizing fun and rewarding!!

Good luck

Answer 3

My six year old has to: keep her toys picked up, take a shower everyday, pick her clothes out for school the next day, set the table for dinner, she also has to help out with her sisters some. She can organize all her books and she can vacuum as well as rinse the dishes.
My 3 yr old has to: keep her toys picked up with some reminders, make her bed, and help me with household chores.... she is obsessive about some things being a certain way Like her bed, so I let her do it.
My 17 month old has to: leave the videos alone....lol she isn't much of a cleaner or helper at the moment, although I am trying to teach her to pick her stuff up...she will throw her plates in the sink when she is done eating though, like the other girls!

Answer 4

My 11 year old is responsible who in a wheelchair gathering and sorting laundry making sure his school stuff is put away and that any mess he has made is cleaned up. He also is the main menu make in our home since he likes to help cook.and putting away his laundry

My 7 year old is responsible for his messes, clearing the table of dishes after meals making sure that his clothes are laid out for school before bed(he like to sleep late) and putting away his laundry

Answer 5

I have a 15, 13 & 10 yr old girls. They are each responsible for their own rooms, putting away their clean clothes, and one chore each week that rotates. One takes care of the dogs (feeding and taking out and scooping the back yard) One does the dinner dishes nightly and One is on trash duty (gathering and taking out on trash night as well as taking out nessary trash durring the week). They are also responsibile for maintaining at least a B adverage in school. Do they fuss? You bet. And Whine...yeah buddy. Do they get out of it? NO WAY.

I figure if I have to be their major sourse of transportation and funding for music lessons, dance lessons, softball, soccer and girl scouts the least they can do is be partisapating members of the family. I don't expect their rooms to be "white glove" clean, I just want the dirty clothes in the hamper and to be able to walk across the floor without killing myself. I expect them to hangup their coats and keep their backpacks & purses out of the living room and in the bins I have given them. I expect them to take care of their instruments for orchestra. They wanted our dogs as much as I did and they made a promise to help take care of them...and so they do after school...everyday. I hope I am teaching them how to be responsible. I know they have alot more opportunities than I ever did and we discuss everything with them honestly. They have always had to help pickup their messes since they were old enough to walk. Frankly they were better cleaners at the age of 5 than they are now. Funny how that works...ahhh the joys of the teen years!! Hope we all get through them with a minimal amount of termoil, hate, and discontent!! But as the saying goes, I'm their parent, not their friend!!

Answer 6

Oh Yes al lthe kids have things to do. My 6 year old daughter feeds the cats, sets the dinner table and cleans her room. Sometimes she sweeps the floor (something she elects to do and I have to do after her). My 17 year old daughter washes dishes, helps with cooking, cleans one of the two bathrooms and and whatever needs to be done around the house. My 17 year old step son will not do anything!!! He has chores but will not do them. Which causes arguments with his father and I. His father winds up doing them for him. (Huston we have a problem) lol

Answer 7

I have six children everything is done as a team i have 14 and 13 year old girls who helps me with laundry dishes etc.... 8 & 9 year old boys they clean their own room as well as help my husband on garbage days. 5 year old girl who cleans her own room. and a 3 year old son who picks up his own toys and throws his own plate in the sink after dinner teaching them responsibilities is not a bad thing.

Answer 8

they are 7
put clean clothes away
clean rooms
feed animals
put out and bring in bins (its on wheels so very easy)
put clothes in washing machine
set the table
put plates in sink after use
help out when asked

Answer 9

Just to keep his room clean (somewhat) & to pick up his toys after he uses them. Age 4.

Answer 10

clean their rooms. age 14 and 15