Can we talk chore lists everyone?
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| Tue, 02-26-2008 - 3:08pm |
OK Alison's thingie got me thinking.
I frequently need to catch up on what I think or thought my DS is capable of doing to help out around the house. I found out yesterday that he can do laundry!!! I had kind of a brief epiphany like "wow I need to catch up with what he is capable of and make my life a little easier"
I mean, for some of us, we arent single moms to toddlers anymore and we are possibly driving ourselves CRAZY trying to get it all done.
SOOOOO - Can everyone list the ages of their children again and what they do as chores. I think we might all get some ideas and have a bit more time to read or just be us instead of running around like crazy cleaning ladies.
Here's mine
DS - 9 years old
He can:
vacuum
dust
do laundry
simple dishes ( still not comfortable with him doing knives - hello!)
groom the dog
sweep
mop
clean his room
strip sheets in the house for laundry
collect and take out trash
make school lunch ( I have a shelf dedicated to school lunch stuff)
make breakfast (simple)
Why cant I find more time for me with all of the stuff he can help with? Honestly it helped for me to write all of that out! I need to set chore schedule around here PRONTO!



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Rebecca, Mom to Averey, 2/8/00, Kibo, Sana & Zuri too!
Between my DD(13) and my DS(7) they should be able to help with a lot of stuff but they are so busy with everything else!
April
I think Judy is going to have us beat! My kids SHOULD do stuff, but I can't get them to help much. Sometimes when I am at the brink of a nervous breakdown will they finally help, but otherwise, it's like being blue in the face. You can forget about taking anything away from them, because my oldest only studies and does homework and my youngest paints all day. Not like they watch TV, computers or anything. I never have anything to take away. GRRRR, and I can't keep UP! This is a touchy subject to me. LOL
I will admit – I am SPOILED when it comes to this, at least as far as DD14 goes.
I dont want things done sloppy though and fast to DS sometimes means halfa**ed!!lol
I was just talking about this with a friend not that long ago.
Wow, good topic-
my DD was just ASKING me for a chore list last night!! Why you ask??? Because she wants to take on more responsibility and lend her ever eagar hands to help her mother?? Not! It s for the Money! She just found out that her best bud gets $10 a month if she does all her chores regularly.
So now I need to come up with a list appropriate for a 10, almost 11 year old...who sometimes has the attention span of a toaster.
I'm thinking laundry...hehehehe...OK that's just mean, as laundry is hated by me and would be cruel to put off on her at this young tender age, lol.
Maybe some dishes, straightening up her room more often, vacuumming, dusting and taking more care of the fish. I think that would warrent $10 a month IF she stays on top of it without my badgering!
So what do you all think is a good allowance amount?
Oh I almost forgot! My DD cracks me up: Here's how her little genius brain serves her well at school.
The girl is too smart for her own good yet her desk is a SCARY MESS! So what does she do? They
Here's my 2 cents...
I give my kids, DS7 and DD4, tasks to complete and I do give them an allowance.
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