What do your 11 & 7yr olds do for themselves?

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I have 2 children just turned 11 and 7.

I sort their school bags, make their breakfast and take it to them, put their school clothes out and shoes/coats at the door. Do the eldest packed lunch and wash/fill water bottles.
I do this, well because it's what I've always done to be fair, but I'm wondering if I should be expecting the eldest to get his own breakfast etc?

By 11 they were all cooking one proper evening meal a week, doing their own washing, cleaning their own rooms. And helping where required.

I've never done anyone's school bag.

They can all help on the farm in whatever form that takes.

They've all helped cook since the were tiny. We cook as a family. And everyone clears up. No one leaves the kitchen till everything is washed up, put away and surfaces wiped.

Don't wait to teach them. Smalls are much keener to learn than teens.

It's so much easier to do it yourself but I make my 6 year old pack his own bag. He moans a lot and forgets things. We tried a list but he just looks at it and goes 'yep' even if half the stuff is missing. He also doesn't know how to solve problems eg if something isn't where he expects it to be. We're working on it though. I don't think you can suddenly expect them to do it when they hit secondary school.

He likes making himself toast and pours himself some milk. He would do cereal but that's in a high cupboard that he can't reach.

We have one of those canvas hanging storage thing with 5 cubbies and he helps at the weekend to put his uniform in for each day and the PE kit/swimming stuff in the right sections so it's easy to grab when doing the bag. It also helps me realise if I need to get anything washed and ready.

He has an alarm and will do teeth and get dressed but sometimes needs a lot of reminders. He gets a coin on his reward chart if he appears downstairs ready without me having to prompt him, sometimes this works!

Classic hyperbole