Is making a child do the housework considered "child labour"?

Answer 1

No, but making a child do housework is counter-productive in the long run. asking for a child to help with housework, and creating a balance of family responsibility might work better.

Answer 2

Absolutely! Pretty much from the time they could move something from one place to the next. If they can move it, they can put it back. As young ones you have to go behind them, but as they get older you can raise the expectations. Their bedrooms are their space - I only ask that they keep them neat. Kitchen, you prepare something between meals, you clean up, no exceptions. After meal dishes whoever gets asked gets up, usually some form of rotation (there are seven of us) the rest of the house I usually take care of, but if they are in a common area, say with friends or just hanging out, they straighten it up and take their trash with them when they leave. My older Teens do their own laundry, I do it for my twelve year old but if she needs some single item like a shirt she just has to wear for this or that, she tosses it in the sink and washes it out. These things teach structure and responsibility and let them know that the world is not there to serve them - because it usually doesn't!

Answer 3

No! It is called 'earning your keep'. Now here is a list of chores for you to do:

1. Scrub the bathroom
2. Dust the rooms
3. Wash the windows
4. Vacuum the carpets
5. Have fun!
6. Polish the silverware
7. Hand-Wash the dishes
8. Straighten the kitchen and clothes closets
9. Clean the stove and refrigerator
10. Clean the car/s

Answer 4

All Of It? Yes

Some of it? No.

Child Labour is when someone takes advantages of the hcild and makes them do backbreaking labour all day...Taking out the trash or making youre bed isnt Child Labour..Its just a favor that parents ask of the child to do.

Answer 5

NO it is not child labour its a great way to bring your children up to do their bit around the house so they grow up able and considerate adults

Answer 6

No it isn't. The average child these days gets about 15 pounds pocket money, it isn't wrong for them to learn that that nothing comes for free in life and that earning their monies will teach them values and respect. Good teachings for later in life.

(Just wish I got a fiver from the tooth fairy as the kids do nowadays!)

Answer 7

I definetely wouldn't say so - I'm 13 and I willingly help my parents around the house if they ask. Kids need to do some work, or else we won't learn how to fend for ourselves when we leave home. It depends how much work they do, though. Each day, I fill the dishwasher, tidy the kitchen, make sure my room's tidy, as well as anything else I'm asked to do, but that seems like not a lot to me.
Anyway, hope this helped! :D x

Answer 8

I would'nt think so, when I was young my mum used to make me do the washing up and help clean the house. Yes I hated it, but I think it was a good idea as it helped me become more responsible and less lazy unlike the kids of today that have become useless and have no consideration or respect for anyone but themselves.

Answer 9

lol no! housework is for people who live in the house. children need to do some house work so they learn to do things for themselves and know things wont be handed to them in the real world.

Answer 10

Making them help with housework is not a problem.