What chores do you make your kids do?

hi happpythoughts:) (love the username;) ) i have a toddler son and in his age i taught him already to be responsible. i know in their little help it will instill in their minds the sense of responsibility that they will in the future and it's better to practice them now.:) i know in my son's age he can't do dishwashing, laundry and other hard chores yet lols:D but i assigned to him that his toys should be in proper places or put into his toy bins after playing or using it. and as days go by he learned that and it's been SOP/automatic to him- no need to remind him for that. including also throwing of trashes in the trash can and if his in the mood he sweeps the floor hihi... as of now only this stuff i ask for my kid.;) thanks!:) Godabless!0=)

I have two children, a 6 year old boy and an 18 month old little girl. They both have chores. We have a weekly chore chart and we go buy. My son had one daily chore a day to do, sometimes it's easy sometimes it's more of a task. Cleaning his room is the biggest one he has. Others include, putting up his clean clothes, cleaning up his bathroom, cleaning the toys ups that are in the living room, and helping put up the groceries. My 18 month old daughter only really has one big one, and that is cleaning up her toys.

My son has 2 chores a day. It is anything from putting laundry away to straightening up and sweeping a room. In the summer we pay him to keep the lawn mowed. He now is 15, but has been doing some chores since he was 6.

I think it's good to teach children to do some housework. So they will learn to be helpful and independent. I will let my child to put the clothes into the washing machine. And then I stand by his side and watch him to make it start. After the clothes are washed, then he will hand me the clothes and I hang them. If I am washing the dishes, sometimes he will stand by my side and uses the cloth to clean the cupboard. I love China

Well I dont have children yet, but when I was a kid my mom and dad would have us do some chores once me, and my sisters reached an age where we could clean our rooms and help with the dishes, and other things thats what we would do and we weren't allowed to be lazy, and when I think back to my childhood, though it wasn't perfect I appreciated, that because I think that giving a child chores to do teaches them the value of hard work.

My children were all working students during their college days, so they really don't have time for chores at home. During their day offs however I observed my son cleaning the house and put things in order. One thing they don't do is washing the dishes. They are not used to as when they were still young we had a household help who does everything in the house. I was always out of the house then being a single parent, earning a living that's why they were left out with close relatives during their teens. Since they are honor students and there are people at the house assisting them they were not obliged to do household chores. I'm just happy maybe by just observing they can do chores such us cleaning the house, little cooking but not washing the dishes nor washing their clothes. Only my eldest who's now married knows a lot of chores but understandably because she has a family of her own. Nevertheless, I'm happy with my two other children as they have stable jobs, I just wash the dishes and their clothes, there's a washing machine anyway.

i make my 13 year old clean the living room, i make my 12 year old do the dishes. i make my 11 year old take out the trash, and i make my 8 year old pick up toys. i believe that kids should have chores. i have 5 kids and it would take all day to take care of the house after them if i didn't. i think that if you make the kids help, then it teaches them to pick up after themselves. also you are teaching them to take care of themselves for when they are out on their own. when my cousin was growing up, her mother never made her do anything. and now that she is 30, she is now learning how to clean a house or wash clothes. i don't want my kids to be like that.

The only chore that my 11 year old son has is he has to do the dishes every day. Sometimes if he wants money hes will scrub the floor. As far as his room goes I just expect that to be done.

My daughter's chore is to keep her room clean, at least right now. I also have her help out around the house as needed, and she is required to pick up after herself. She's only 6 years old, so I don't expect too much out of her yet, but I too want to ensure that she at least has the basics down.

I think I will make my kids do share housework burden with me in the future like laundry and washing dishes and what not. :-)

This topic gets tossed about like a ship on rough waters here in my house. I'm a single mother and because of that, certain chores are always there that normally a man would do. Then again, in my last marriage my ex was hardly around or too damn lazy so I had to do that then too. Anywho, chores...my daughter's (13) has to do the dishes and wipe off the counters. The son (12) has to clean the floors. Above and beyond that they have to split them to make sure the place looks decent. Too bad they can't do their chores worth a darn and seems to always fight and argue. What's worse is they don't do them correctly and I end up having to do it. Because I have two small children at home I have to deal with their troubles. Well, when my boyfriend was here, I was appauled and just wanted to die when he pulled out a bowl for some food and saw that it was still dirty. That was just the beginings of what he found. Ugh! *Pleiades

My daughter is 8 and she wanted an allowance, so I made her a list of chores to do. That didn't last long. On occasion, I can get her to feed the dog and to clean her kitten's litter box. My son, who is 4, will help me with dishes. He likes to get a chair and stand next to me. It is really cute. He decided a couple of days ago to wash out the toilet with a bar of soap... yes, I threw it in the garbage! He will also go out with my husband and help get wood to make a fire - he carries one piece. When I was a kid, my mom would leave me a list of chores on a Saturday while she went to the grocery store. If I completed all those chores, she would give me an allowance. I think it is much better to make your kids do chores and reward them with an allowance rather than just give them the allowance. That way, they learn to appreciate the value of money.

I donot have kids but the ones that I know do have chores: Clean their room, take out the trash, feed the pets, rake the yard, put up their clothes after they are washed and folded/hung up, load or unload the dishwasher. I have a friend who has her children mate socks. My mom would make a list of things that needed cleaning early Saturday mornings and the first one up had first pick. It was things like vacume the living room & hallway, sweep and mop the kitchen floor, and clean the bathroom. I think that children should have chores so that when they do move out of the house they know how to keep their own place clean and how to do their own laundry. I also think that as teenagers children should learn how to cook, for the same reason. The one thing that my mom did do was to look at our list of homework, if it was long then she would do some of our chores for us but in exchange she also checked our homework and if we lied about it then we had double chores the rest of the week and did not get to play on Saturday. (I had to learn this lesson the hard way)

my mom only made us clean ou rooms, i clean up around our house by option, i choose to do it, i feel like helping out.

My oldest has 3 basic chores she has to do each day. Nothing major that a 12 yr old couldn't do with no problems. She has to do the dishes, take out the trash if it's full, and make sure her room and bathroom is clean. My youngest only has a few to do also. She has to pick up around the house, basically make sure her things doesn't stay downstairs to long, and keep her room clean.

I completely agree with you Happythoughts, that a reasonable amount of household chores is an important thing for a child to achieve. As far as I'm concerned, chores are something that they need to learn about as their Mum's won't live with them for ever! It's also just part of living together as a family. Everyone needs to pull their weight. Despite my saying that, my eldest son doesn't actually get asked to do many chores at the moment. When you factor in the travelling he has a very long school day. When he gets home he needs to eat and wind down, not do chores. However, at weekends I do expect him to muck in. He doesn't have fixed jobs, but I often ask him to help me with the animals or help out at the farm. My youngest is still young enough to think that helping out is fun! He'll happilly join in with anything, but washing up and shovelling sand are his favourites. I have to tidy up after him, but I think of it as part of the lerning experience as I mop the floor yet again!!

I agree. Chores and regular responsibilities give kids good work habits and helps them learn how to be responsible from the start. Yeah, talk about long hours, growing up on the farm we worked as hard and long as our parents doing farm work daily seven days a week. And we didn't think a thing about it, cause it took all of working to keep things going - it was just how it was. My son has things he is responsible for in the house - in addition to keeping his room clean. Garbage, cat box (and cleaning the area around the cat box etc), and things like that. He knows that his chores and homework have to be done first every day when he gets home from school. And if there are games, or things he wants to attend and do, I do the chores for him or let him do them later on those occasions, etc. But he has his work around the house just like I do, and I think all kids are better off when they do have that type of work to do.

my girls are gonna be 5 in may. I asked them to put the garbage trash covers (smaller ones from office room, kids room etc) to the garbage vehicle and they do that even now. its their duty to do that. Also I make sure they put their dishes after finishing their dinner in sink. I don't let them wash. Recently i asked them to peel off the skin from cooked potato(thats how we use potato in cooking) which they really enjoyed and helped me.

my kid is 4 years old now. i make him keep his own toys, eat his own lunch and do his homework. but that doesn't mean i leave him all alone on his own, i still make sure i check him from time to time.

My children are 2 and 3 and I make them clean up after themselves.They pick up there toys and help make there beds. They also like to help with the floors and the dishes. The only rule I do enforce is there toys and bed. They are only toddlers but they rarely argue about cleaning up there room.