Should kids be required to do chores around the house?
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If you live in town you might have them doing some weed pulling outside or watering the landscaping instead of relying on sprinkles. This will conserve water and get them outside. They are old enough the be mowing the lawn as well. They will appreciate the work that is involved with maintaining a beautiful lawn and garden, and the pride involved in it as well. If you have a local fair let them enter some cut flowers or potted plants in the garden youth division for a reward.
Washing the car, vacuuming it out, cleaning their room or vacuuming a room in the house each day will help out a lot and also make them more conscientious about what is lying around on the floor of the room they are assigned to pick up or vacuum.
If you have house plants have them water them once a week.
I have my children do what I call the washer/dryer thing. They empty the dryer and move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. I load and start the washer to protect our clothes. At night we will watch a movie and fold clothes together. No clothes folding, no movie-simple. I might ad we don't have TV so movie watching is a treat--even if folding clothes is involved. The folding goes three times as fast with even the 2 year old helping with the washrags.
I am sorry that you have not been asking your children to be helping around the house all these years, they have missed out on learning a lot of what it takes to run a house and the pride of a job well done. You have taken a huge burden upon your self as well to be the cook and clean. Too often nowadays I see children who treat their parents like money machines and maids, they are not taught of responsibility of simply existing.
Do your children (and yourself) a favor, assign chores!
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Both of my kids were helping with the dishes before they were 10 and taking out the garbage. By the time they were in their mid-teens, they were doing their own laundry, making some of the meals for the family and did their own shopping as well as other chores.
By the time they reached adulthood they were self-reliant and were able to live on their own without many issues or questions.
We did not overload them with chores but they knew what they had to do and scheduled their time accordingly. It was not all rosy, we had our battles but in the end they knew that they were better off for having learned what we taught them.
When I married, my husband didn't know any of the above things.His mother had done everything for her kids. I took many years to get him into the habit of helping around the home and I had to teach him many of the things that my kids knew before they left home.
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Now I realize that I have much better cleaning habits than many of the other guys I know. I don't find it a burden to clean the bathroom, mop the kitchen or take out the cat litter.
Like everything, once you've created a habit for yourself, it isn't that big of a deal. I highly recommend a chores list. If they resist, try starting out with rewards, point systems, etc. Give higher payouts for larger jobs like cutting the lawn or for completing an entire weeks chores.
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PS. do not hesitate do give your children work to do because it will help them to be more responsible and they will have more clue about the life.
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Helping in the kitchen is a good thing too. It teaches them to be able to cook so they are not fast food people for the rest of their lives.
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M$When i was younger, i hated chores, i am guessing everyone did, but i had to do them, otherwise i got no pockey money at the end of the week. I did however enjoy mowing the lawn, got me out and active, and i apreciated looking after a garden. I also had to wash the dishes occasionally and tidy my room, not because friends or relations were coming round, but because i had to learn that housework means a tidy home, and that makes any visitors that come really like to come round and so that increases social interaction.
So my answer would be...yes, chores are pretty much essential, if not to keep them active and stimulated in mind and body:) I hope this answer helps.
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It's good that they learn to understand that not everything around the house "just happens". If they help you, they also learn to have respect for the time and energy you put into the household.
In this way you also give them a responsibility, which enhances the parent-child relationship and makes you trust eachother more.
Appropriate choires are:
doing the dishes
vacuum cleaning
washing the car
mowing the lawn
and many more...
It also is important that you don't give them too much to do as they're still kids and need time to enjoy being young.
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My children are 17 and 13, and they have chores. My husband and I both work, and believe everyone should pitch in. Usually we will do "Everyone clean house together" and it takes about 45 minutes with all four of us pitching in. The house is clean and the kids learn to try to be a bit neater, and "NO" they do not have a maid. The kids do not get paid for helping. If I have extra chores around the house or need help with work, I will let them chose if they want to take the extra chore or help with my business, and pay them $10 an hour. Any extras they want, they will save up for and buy themselves. Their needs, clothing and schooling, I, of course, pay for.
For 14 year olds, there are not many chores they can not do. Dishes, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning a bathroom, taking garbage out are all appropriate chores. They can clean their room or even do laundry, set the dinner table, etc. If everyone in the house participates, life goes smoother. And, you then have extra time to spend with the kids!
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M$My five year old loves doing dishes and folding laundry. Obviously she does not do the best job with either but that is not the point and I don't mind since she is learning important values!
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