Can we talk chore lists everyone?

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Registered: 11-22-2006
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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Registered: 09-11-2007
Wed, 02-27-2008 - 11:59am

I think balance definitely comes into play.

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