Expections of a 16 year old ?

[bluecitygirl]

Just wondering what help to expect of teenagers in general ? But especially 16 year olds ?

In what way?

Do you mean helping out round the home?

Keep their own shit tidy.
Bring their own washing down.
Be polite.
Brush their teeth morning and night.
Help clear away after meals.
Look for part time (weekend) work.

Yes helping around the house. I had a saturday job, tidied my room did my washing etc but I have four children various ages and wondsred what jobs to expect of the older ones

At 16 I was expected to keep my own space clean and tidy, do a share of the laundry, cook dinner for the family once a week and do one 'big' job (e.g. Clean the bathroom, Hoover the house) per week.
Seems fair to me now, although I think I felt like Cinderella at the time!

I was always on kitchen duty, i love cleaning so was always happy to clean the kitchen and hoover the downstairs each day.
As well as keep my own room tidy. I also had a 3 part time jobs from 16.

At 16 help to keep the house tidy and occasionally vacuuming was probably the extent of it. They were good students and I never had to nag about homework. I was a SAHM though had I been out of the home 5 days a week working I would have expected more.

Roping them in to do something with me was easier than requesting they do it solo. I don't remember any blanket refusals to comply.
I was advised early on, no good hoping for them to take the initiative and offer help unprompted, but when it happens it's nice.

I guess their room should be their sanctuary but admit I found it very hard not to mention the state of The Messier One's bedroom.

A year later with provisional driving licences and needing driving practice I had no shortage of help going to the supermarket.
Our ironing mountain was lurking and we joked about it but seldom did anyone but me wield the iron.
By the time they were off to university they could cook at least something and operate the washing machine.

I think my DM's approach was different so I went the opposite way.