Do your children do chores?

My children all do chores. They started when they were about 3 or 4. They start with easy thing like helping to dust, picking up their toys ect. Now they are 18-6 yrs old and I don't even have to ask them to clear the table after dinner and wash their own dish. It has just become a habit. When they were younger, I would make a chore chart. They had certain things to do on certain days. Things like set the table, vaccuum, do dishes, put laundry away. They also got a little allowance for completing their chores at the end of the week. As they got older, I would just tell them what needed to be done before they made plans for the weekend. I don't let them go anywhere until their chores are done. I explained to them that they are part of this family, they live in a nice home, and they have to help to keep it nice. I think that having your children do chores gives them a sense of responsibility.

Yes my daughter has chores to do. it is important that they learn responsibilities while at home to better prepare them for the world. My daughter cleans her room, helps with laundry and sometimes washes the dishes. After school, she checks the mail, takes the dog for a walk and does her homework. Afterwards, she makes sure her room is clean and picked up, her clothes are put away or hung up. WE have a townhome, so she vacuums upstairs and sweeps the bathroom floors. That is all she does at this time. Sometimes I let her slide on some chores but most times she does this to earn money to go to the ice skating rink on Friday nights. This is teaching her that she has to work for her money and what money she does earn she needs to be wise with it.

For now I don't have chores for my child becaue he is still young. Maybe when he is older like 7 or 8. I also grew up having chores. And I think children should have a regular chores to do around the house. This will make them more responsible. I plan on teaching my children how to cook when they are a lot older like in their teens.

No, my daughters don't. Well, my youngest is only a year old and my eldest is turning eight. She doesn't have a specific chore to do but occasionally I give her responsibilities or ask her to do something like prepare the table for dinner or put her soiled clothes in the hamper without being reminded to or put away her school stuff when she gets home... stuff like that.