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Help! What Chores Are OK for 15 Yo & What to Expect in Quality of Jobs Done.
What helps for my kids to get their chores done is to have an expected chore list written out everyday. It is usually 1 or 2 things a day and doesn't seem ...
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- It seems like a lot of responsibility for a child who is expected to do well in school, play hard at Soccer and who isn't there 2 days a week. Maybe if you start with ...
- I don't think that you are asking too much persay, maybe it is just your timing that is a problem. She should be capable of doing all of these chores but asking her to...
- Hi L., I feel your pain. I am sorry to say it doesn't get better at 16 either. However what has gotten better is my daughters cleaning ability. And that is because if...
Seeking Advice on How to Implement Chore Chart
Read all 17 responses: "My husband and I are seeking ideas for how we might implement a chore system. It is way past time, the girls are 9, 7 and 5.
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- We use www.handipoints.com. It works wonderfully. There is a reward system. It is not necessarily financial. Some of the rewards my kids like best are time. (Date with...
- I have a chore wheel, with each kid having a different number of chores based on his age. Yours are so close together that you probably want to divide the chores equa...
- B., I have never had much success with an actual chart that you have check off items when done. I have 4 girls ages, 14, 12, 10, 6 and a few years ago, I set up a ...
When Do You Start an Allowance?
Aug 11, 2009 ... I was doing a chore list with them with age-appropriate chores, and I let them take turns picking their favorite chores and helping make the ...
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- Well, my three stepchildren, ages 9, 10, and 12, are only here in the summer with us, but they get paid for chores. They don't get paid if they don't get them done. Th...
- I would started now since he is doing some chores but there are a couple of rules for me. (1) There sure be chores he does just because he is part of the family and fa...
- go check out daveramsey.com - financial peace jr. for kids - it talks all about not giving an allowance but putting your kids on commission. teach them "work = get pai...
Please Share... Chore/incentive/rewards Charts & Ideas
Read all 15 responses: "I really want to start some kind of incentive chart for my 3 & 4 yo sons. I don't want it to only have chores on there like cleaning ...
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- Hi S., Try to focus on the positive. I have been a teacher for 13 years and a parent for 8 and I have read a lot on child raising. A lot of advice says,'Praise the ...
- I have always read to NOT put bad behaviors on reward charts. If you want to do a reward system, keep it only rewards. Just turn those negative behaviors around into...
- don't know if they are too young for these ideas, but i'll throw my ideas out there. you can make a chart with simple words (both positive and negative) and picture...
Help--Making Love Feels like Another Chore!
Even when I am tired, I think of what an effort he made to make my chore list lighter and I'm able to get things going. Like an earlier responder said, ...
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- I know how you feel, and I only have 2 kids. I am so worn out by their "neediness" throughout the day, by the time I get to bed, it feels like just another "need" I h...
- Hi E., I didn't get a chance to read your other responses, but my hubby and I have been married for 12.5 years. We have both gone through this throughout the years. ...
- Okay, I have to throw in my 2 cents...I have tried to make the hubby a priority every once in a while (b/c, for me, it's usually the kids). 1st thing in the morning, i...
Miserable & Not Sure Why
Have you guys tried a chore list? If you could say "Honey, I'd love to sit and relax with you, but if I feel everything is messy I can't relax. ...
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- Every marriage has its season of stress and strife. You can either choose to let this tear you apart or pull you closer together. The dog is not the problem. You an...
- Have you guys tried a chore list? If you could say "Honey, I'd love to sit and relax with you, but if I feel everything is messy I can't relax." The key is saying that...
- Hi- I would ask your hubs what is REALLY bothering him. Or ask him to ask HIMSELF that (and not necessarily answer you). My husband behaves that way when HE is really ...
Allowance for 7 Year Old--how to Do It?
Jun 17, 2009 ... They each receive a list of chores with a corresponding dollar amount next to it . They can put a check mark next to ther chores on the list ...
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- My boys have age-based chores. Everyone has a dog chore, a dish chore & their basic chores. 5 year old sets & clears the table, 8 year old puts away the hand-wash dish...
- My boys, are 8 & 10. they have chores that are tied to their allowamce but they understand that there are other things that they are responsible for.. cleaning their r...
- I would encourage her to do chores to earn her allowance. I think it teaches a valuable lesson about the value of money and self-reliance. It doesn't have to be anythi...
Age Appropriate Chores
I started doing chores like this at age 7 or 8. In my husband's family, when they were growing up, made a list together of all the chores that needed to be ...
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- shhhhhh don't tell my four year old others don't have chores. He thinks its' Normal... hahaha He has been putting his clothes in a hamper since 18 months. He helps ca...
- I have not started giving allowance yet because I'm not sure how much to give. As far as chores they do most of them on the weekends. They are both girls and are 9 a...
- Our kids are 8 and 10 and we've had them doing "chores" since they were very young and first expressed a desire to be helpful. And we're not the only parents in our a...
Fair Division of Household Chores
Because chores are just chores, and yes, he works all day and shouldn't have to come home to a giant list of more work. But taking care of his kids is a ...
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- I am not a SAHM but am home full time during the summer. My husband and I keep up the same routine throughout the year and it seems to work well. We alternate nights f...
- I'm a SAHM and my husband's chores include all the household maintanence (mowing the lawn, fixing anything that needs fixed), dishes after dinner (because it's my leas...
- Well it couldn't hurt to mention the fact that you want to hire a maid. Heck if you can afford it you might as well. But if you can't do it financially then he might ...
Chores for Children
So what you can do is keep a list of who is your helper for which chore that day and just ask them to come "help you". When the girls were older what I did ...
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- We give our 7 year old and 5 year old money for doing chores, but its not very much (Like 25 cents for cleaning their room, 15 cents for putting laundry away). They do...
- I agree with some that chores are just expected. But I don't think incentives are necessarily bribery either. I found a product online that I just bought and plan to...
- I have a 3 1/2 and a 2 year old and another on the way so I am always looking for creative ways to get them to clean their rooms and help to pick up things. We had a ...
