does your kids help you around the house with chores?

my girls were all very helpful when they were younger. It is when they hit teens and get preoccupied with friends and all that they tend to have less desire to help or do even simple basic chores. My daughter is 13 and some days I come home from work and she has just gone right thru and done a great job ...over and beyond my expectations. Other days, she has not done so much as the one or 2 chores I left her.

yes they do. i started them as soon as they are 2 years old. to put their toys on its proper places. to fix the magazine and easy stuff like that. but as they aged i really make a point for them to help me around the house. i train them to be responsible enough. now that they are 16, 15, 13, 11 they really are a big help. they have chores scheduled. like washing dishes, washing clothes, taking out of the trash, cleaning the house and sometimes cooking too. if you think its cute now that they are small it will be much cute when they are big enough to really help around.

My grandkids do help out with chores, but they don't always want to. If you say money tho they are there in a heartbeat. At one point we were paying them for the chores, but then they took it overboard, and wanted money for every little thing they did. So for now they have to do it for free, till they learn they can't have money for everything we ask them to do. Oh what we wnt thru with money in this house. Soon we will try the chore money again. Lets hope it's better the 2nd time around.

you should be really proud of your three little ones. This is the best time to inculcate such habits in children. I have a 5-yr-old daughter who does help me. But there are times too when she is so engrossed watching TV or playing with her friends that she doesn't bother about helping me. My yelling too doesn't matter. I only hope she really supports and helps me as she grows up. Best wishes to you too.

My daughter is 9 yrs old and she is a bit lazy. Sometimes I dont have to tell her to do anything but another time I have to be getting under her skin and threaten no tv or cartoons and then i get the desired result. AT 2 she was all helpful and get inteh way most of the times. She has her part of the room that she ahs to keep tidy. Sometimes when I call her she yes mom I know the drill and tidy up. If she eats anything she leaves the rubbish same place and I hate it when my place is less than very neat and clean. i love neatness and tidyness but I am not a freak. A friend came and asked me how do i keep my house tidy with a child. Train them from early and even if they dotn want to do it they will because they dont want you to be upset with them. Train your children if you dont someone else will. God bless with your adorables.

i have a two and a three years old who helps me around the house. i dont mean dishes or laundry. but by simply putting off their own toys. or putting their dirty clothes to the laundry basket. turning the tv off after watching. putting their plactic cups @ beside the sink after drinking milk. and many more... simple things that makes my life easier and makes me so proud of them. i always praise them when they do things right... and when im tired they hug me and kiss me. it makes me feel good and inspired.

my son is 1yr seven months he feeds himself,get him self water to drink,tidy up the house after playing with his toys,cleans the rug if he eventually pee on it,plays with his younger sister whenever she cries and brings the phone to me each time it is ringing and almost knows how to controll virtually all the electronics appliance.what a gifted child.

That is sweet that they help you out like that. My son is only 15 months so he really doesn't know how to help me clean yet. He did take my towel off the front of the stove the other day and started wiping the floor like he was cleaning it. It was so cute!!

My kids are pretty good at helping around the house if I ask them to.They have set chores that they have to do every day like making their beds, tidying their room and feeding and cleaning up after their pets. That is all stuff they do without being asked to

When my daughter was five and six she loved to help me around the house. When she was about ten she wanted to help with dinner. When my daughter got to be thirteen she did not want to help any more. She thinks house work and chores are beneath her. My daughter is sixteen and she still has chores to do and we fight and argue all day. I think that kids doing chores makes them better people. The other point is when she is old enough to move out who is going to take care of her, if she can not take care of herself. My daughter doesn't know how to cook and doesn't want to learn. She is very stoborn. I hope that will change soon. My cousin says that it is just the teen years. My niece straightened out after she turned eighteen and I am hoping my daughter will too. Enjoy the little ones now while you can. I remember the great times my daughter and I had when she was younger. I am hoping things will get better once the hormones calm down. Maybe after she finds out life on her own is not all fun and games things will get better.

I wish I could say it does.....LOL.....i have 5 kids who all would do anything they could to help me,when they were younger.....now the youngest is 10 and the oldest 22,they do nothing!I work 60 + hours a week and still have to do the laundry and housework on my days off.....enjoy it while you can,it doesn't last

I try to teach my kids to help me clean. My hubbys mom didnt teach him very well so it was like I had to raise him after we got married. I think it is important to teach kids to be responcible for them selves. My kids now make their beds and clean their rooms. My son mops the floor and cleans the walls where needed.

yes they do, but not without grumbling lol...they are girls/10 & 14 and i make them help because how else will they learn? they need to be self sufficient when they move out on their own

wow! I can't remember whether I am already "of help" to my mom when I was still 3. *hehe* But I do help her with household chores - like washing dishes, preparing the table and cleaning the house. Although I never do it as regularly as before (because I work), I still help her in some ways that I can - especially during my rest days. God bless! =)

My son loves to help out. He's only 18 months old, so there is still a lot of stuff that he WANTS to do, but can't do yet. He does pick up his own toys and put his laundry in his hamper, though. He also grabs a towel and cleans up the water if the dogs make a mess by their water bowl (I have to watch him on that one, though, or he sticks the towel in the bowl! lol). He gets really excited when I tell him he did a good job when he's cleaning something. He smiles really big and says "I did it! I a big boy!" And everyday when my husband gets up, my son runs to tell him all the big boy things he helped mommy with that day.