How many chores do your kids have each week?

Question

and what are their ages?

Answer 1

I have 1 kid age 13.. we have a small farm...

in the summer when she doenst have school she has more chores than in the winter - because, lets face it, a kid isnt your own personal slave.. school is more important..

in the winter she has simply chores which are mostly looking after her rabbit, and feeding the fish - no big deal.. she often helps feeding the sheep after school and on weekends but its not every day we ask her to help..

she helps with unloading the dishwasher and is asked to help with other things as they are needed - but are not assigned chores...

Answer 2

I made a list of a dozen things I needed done on a daily basis, and the kids picked which chores they wanted.

15 year old: Picks up clutter off the stairs, loads the dishwasher, sweeps the kitchen floor, sprays the downstairs bathroom sink and counter with disinfectant and wipes it.

13 year old: Empties the dishwasher, cleans the downstairs toilet, sweeps the livingroom floor, sprays the upstairs bathroom sink and counter with disinfectant and wipes it.

11 year old: Feeds the dogs, picks up clutter from the livingroom, cleans the upstairs toilet, takes the household trash to the outside bin.

2 year old: Makes all the messes for everybody else to clean up.

Me (33): Do all the cooking, laundry, ironing, driving, taking care of 2 year old, scrubbing pots and pans that don't go in the dishwasher, wiping off the kitchen counters, mopping, scrubbing bathtubs, dusting... Hey, I'm noticing that the kids need an extra chore a piece because this is blatantly unfair.

Answer 3

We don't have assigned or organized chores. Everyone is just expected to pick up after themselves & help when asked or, as they get older, help when they see a shared job that needs to be done. The kids are 6, 7 & 16 and the 16 year old often picks up a laundry basket & starts folding it on her own.

Answer 4

I have a 13yr old and a 10yr old, both boys. My 10yr old lives with his dad, and according to my oldest child the chores at Dad's house are unfair.

My 13yr old has to: Clean his room, make his bed, take out trash, keep his things picked up out of the main part of the house, and then help where asked. We've also put "good hygiene" as one of the chores (both my boys are horrible about it no matter how much we harp on them). Allowance is are $20.00 every two weeks. He gets the full $20.00 no matter what (saves us from being nickel and dimed to death). Rule is that there is no chance for a raise in allowance if they don't keep up with their chores WITHOUT being told.

Answer 5

my children are ages 15, 13, 9, & 6 i have never really counted and now that i try i can't . They are all expected to keep their rooms clean and do their own laundry. except the 6 yr.old . They are all expected to help keep the hpouse clean, and to assist with supper 1 during the week.
then there is the farm they have to help feed and water all the animals,clean tack, grooming the horses. and depending on the season a number of things. also yard work.
but no matter what they are doing i or my husband is right with them doing work also. it takes the whole family to make the farm and home run smothly.
sunday they have no work to do.

my age 33 husband 35

Answer 6

My son is 3 and he doesn't really have "chores" I just have him help me pick up his toys and any mess that he makes. I just want him to understand that he can't make a mess of things and expect others to clean it up. He's actually done really well with this. Most of the time I don't even have to ask him to put his toys away when he's done playing with them, he'll just do it on his own. He gets rewarded for it. I usuall give him a quarter to put in his piggy bank or I'll let him pick out a toy at the store.

Answer 7

When I was 15-17 I had to wake up at 8am every Saturday morning and clean clean clean. Dust, vaccume, sweep, mop, scrub, shine, polish, fold, stack and dry.

That on top of other daily chores. It sucked lol, but, hey. I am a well rounded adult, well mannered and such. lol

When I did not get out of bed by 8am my mother usually poured water on me or started vaccuming my face with the hose. lol




Whats strange is that my younger sister who is now 17 has never had to lift a darn finger in her life. Crazy huh

Answer 8

Twenty-five years old here -

I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I will encourage you to assign your children a reasonable (though not excessive) amount of chores.. I was assigned NONE as a child, and now as an adult, I hate to have a messy house (my Mom always kept things clean) but I absolutely DETEST picking it all up, so stuff gets scattered everywhere. I loathe cleaning, because I wasn't taught to do it. I'm kind of lazy like that - my Mom says it's the one thing she regrets not doing when I was a child.

P.S. - I DO clean my house.. it just doesn't come natural and I have to force myself, and hate it. So definitely teach em while they're young! ;-D

Answer 9

My son is 9 and we have a daily chart that he has to follow in order to get his weekly allowance. It really motivates him because he wants $5.00!
He is to make his bed every morning, put his dishes away, take out trash once a week and clean his room once a week. Also he has to behave at school or he gets a big X through the day he was naughty. I guess I'm lucky though because he loves to help me cook to. Have a great day.

Answer 10

My daughter is almost 3 and she is expected to put her toys away when shes done playing with them and before she goes to bed at night. Other than that i don't expect her to do anything, but as she gets older and able to handle more chores will assign her different one.