Do you make your child do chores??

This is so wrong, at 14 she should have been doing chores for half her life. The best you should do is punish her when she does not do her work. She should be grounded or have her cellphone previleges taken away for a while. Doing chores help children develop a sense of responsibility.

I started my grandkids doing chores when they were quit young. At 5 they were helping with setting and clearing off the table. They really like to help at much younger ages. She should be able to clean the whole house at 14. My grandmother was married at 15 and a mother at 16. In my opinion we don't expect enough from our kids these days. And that cause a lot of problem because they think that parents owe them every thing they want. That doesn't mean that I think all kids are bad.

My son is only 3 so he doesn't really have chores around the house but he does help me do things and he enjoys doing it. I know that won't last long. lol He likes to help me get the clothes out of the dryer and he likes to help me unload the dishwasher and things like that. And if you give him a rag or baby wipe or something he will wipe everything. lol But when he gets older I will give him some chores to do because I think it helps them learn so when they are out on their own they will know how to keep their house cleaned.

When I was young my sister and I had to do dishes when we were ten years old and had to help my mom clean the house we usually did the dusting. I had my son do chores when he was ten years old. He had to take the trash out and keep his toys and clothes pickup in his room.

yes i do!!!i mean they are not my kids but my nephews and nieces but we live in the same house.it is some sort of early training.besides those chores are not heavy ones (like helping setting the table,taking out the garbage, etc.)if you don't give them chores,they will depend everything on you and that child will be too dependent (you don't want a teenager clinging to you as if they are toddlers,right?)besides,giving them chores give them a sense of pride of themselves and makes them feel being a part of the household.

My kids have chores that are age appropriate. Make their beds, pick up their toys when they are done, put their plates in the sink when they are done eating, etc. My daughter (who is 6) actually always asks to help with the dishes or dinner and gets mad when I refuse! (Hope that lasts into the teens! LOL) In my opinion, I would tell her that if she doesn't want to do her chores, fine. But let her know that she will be responsible to pay you and her father at the end of the month for her cell bill. Let her know she can shovel driveways, babysit, rake leaves, mow, help out an elderly neighbor, etc for money. I promise you that cleaning her room and putting the dishes in the dishwasher will be a joy for her to do.

lol well that is Teenagers for you My 2 are grown up now as Teenagers they where not to keen on those things either but now they have their own place and are proud in keeping it clean lol, well my Son not as good as my Daughter but his Place is clean All I used to get my 2 to do is clean their rooms, tidy up after themselves, but both of them when they felt like it would vacuum sometimes while I was at work lol

Yes, I do. Just right for them to do some household chores. Sweeping the floor, washing the dishes, wash some clothes, run an errand. Although not well done at least they will be able to do it better when they grow older. Learning young will be best for them.

My kids are five and three and I have both of them do small chores around the house. My oldest clears the table after dinner ever night and they both are to keep their rooms clean. I have them help out a little more when it is needed. I always felt the younger that they learned some responsibility then the easier it will be when they get older.

Hi gina, my son is 10 and I've given him set jobs which are his and which he's had for a couple of years now. He might complain about being expected to do other jobs but he never does about the ones which are his. He is responsible for carrying all the shopping up from the car to the house, usually a lot at a time as we do a big shop when go up to town. Also he has to take all the rubbish back down from the house when we are driving past the bins. If he's at home he has to empty the washing machine for me to hang up. I think its important that they get used to doing things around the place. He helps usually with baking and grating and sometimes will even volunteer with other things, though he got bored of ironing in record speed. Maybe you left it too late and your daughter has got used to having everything done for her, I don't think its unreasonable at all what you ask her to do.

At fourteen she should be capable of doing most of the household chores and shouldn't complain about doing a few of them when required. When people live in the same household they should all contribute in some way. Nobody gets a free ride in life and she should understand that by now.

It is good to train household chores for children as early as possible. First it also good for them to know that if in case they are left behind they can still survive. Second when they have their own family they can have the knowledge to do household chores. Third it is good for the children to become independent.

Yes...I do ask my daughter to do small things. She is just 3 years and 6 months. I ask her put her lunch box for cleaning, keep the filled water bottle in her school bag, arrange her toys in its place after she's finished playing, throw the vegetable waste in the dustbin, and some more simpler tasks like this. This way she feels that it is she who is responsible for everything and she has to take care of her things. It gives her a sense of responsibility.

You have a spoiled teenager (join the club). I do have my kids doing chores around the house for no pay. This gives them a sense of responsibility, it also gives them a sense of belonging in the family. This is their house and they have to pitch in. Everybody in the family has jobs. For my two boys, they wash their own dishes (by hand - we also have a dishwasher, but don't use it that much so the kids can do their own), and they have to keep their rooms neat. On weekends, they help clean the house and work in the yard or clean the pool. Personally I think children need to be taught as soon as possible that chores are a part of living. We started our children at about 1 yr old, each with one small chore that they could handle. We don't hear any complaints (well, very few). Good luck.

we've been told to do it with my son, it helps him understand things. think back to when we were kids out parents all most like made us do jobs of some description, like the dishes, feed the animals, clean our room etc. so why shouldn't kids now do the same thing. yesterday i made my son clean up his toys, his room was leaving a bit to desired. he did most of it and i fixed up the bed with the soft toys on it and cleaned off the wall from drawing that's he's gone and done. my son will use the vaccum cleaner, takes his time to clean up a mess, i also get him to feed the dog and lamb. plus other things round the place. in return he gets pocket money, which goes in the bank. it teaches us responseabilty, how to do things in life. just think of someone who get waited on hand a foot, what they end up like lazy and living in a pigsty.

I don't tell give her a chores to do or i never tell her to do anything.But she just help me.She helps me clean the house and do laundry.She's the same as your daughter's age.

Your daughter is lucky that's all she has to do. By 14, my brother and I were preparing our own breakfast, washing and ironing our own uniform, cleaning the house, too, which included sweeping the floor and polishing and whatever else there is to do, whether it's cleaning the bathroom and kitchen. I don't have kids but I'd like them to learn how to take care of themselves at an early age. It would serve to their benefit. A lot of my friends I grew up with were helpless when they went to college. They didn't know how to do their own laundry, much less fry an egg. Sometimes, they'd call me and ask me how to do things because they didn't know how. I think early training for kids could do them well when it comes to household chores.

My child is too young to do house hold chores.He is just 1 year old.but once he grow old I will prefer him to do house hold chores as i want him to be independent in life so that he will be adjustable to every environment.

Its really good to assigned your kids with household chores so that they may learn how to do all of it & they will not be dependent enough from us parents to do it for them.

My oldest is 5yrs old. I give her chores to do that is appropriate for her age. I have her pick up her toys, scrape her plate and help with minor cleaning. She enjoys helping so I use it as a well to teach her responsibility.