Is it realistic to expect your DC to do this much around the house ?

[tiredpom]

Was trying to work out if my DSS is doing a fair amount around the house for the pocket money he gets. So did a bit of research and found this list ..... bloody hell ! My DH won't even do half of this ! Is this for real or is DSS getting an easy time of it !!

[Solasum]

If you don’t let your toddler hoover you are missing a trick! Since about 2.5 my DS has delightedly helped keep dust at bay with a DustBuster. The charge lasts just long enough for attention span and it makes a massive difference to overall cleanliness.

I don’t believe in pocket money for chores. I have to do them too and no one pays me! The more ingrained the belief that everyone pulls their weight in a household the better.
I have been out with enough domestically useless men to feel very strongly about this

[pjdays]

Wow love the list (have printed and pinned on my dd's doors for later!) What has worked in my house is linking pocket money to keeping their rooms clean, if I open the door and it's full of crap, they get a cross on a calendar, so loose the money for that day. They also get extra for hoovering, properly cleaning and changing their beds per week. They don't get an awful lot of money per week. My teenagers room is spotless as she likes going shopping now.

[readysteadyteddy]

I don't even do all that!

My 3 year old could manage the 2-3 chores over several days but only half a job. I mean he picked all the washing up off the floor the other day and put it back in the washing basket (I was trying to sort whites from coloureds) and then took clean things out the drawers to put in there also.

[tiredpom]

Oh I know they don't do everything I was just surprised! My 10 year old DSS makes his bed, puts away his clothes, cleans and sets the table - does a general tidy, is great at pouring wine and making tea ! Lol ..... but I would not let him load my Denby into the dishwasher or ask him to Hoover or clean the loo or cut the grass (god knows I've only done that twice in my life !)

[Camomila]

My almost 2 year old does about half the things on the 2-3 list

...But that's because he's still at the follow around mummy and copy all she does age. Long may it last!

[Fireandflames666]

A little bit unreasonable. My five year old cleans up toys, picks up rubbish and helps me sweep. My two year old helps pick up toys.

[StickThatInYourPipe]

That’s just a list of age appropriate chores to pick from! It isn’t saying children should be doing all of those things!!!

[TheShaniaTwainExperience]

My two year old cleans his toys up and he tries to sweep (think he’s copying us when we do it) and he can carry clothes to the washing machine (again he’s mostly copying us I think)

He couldn’t reach surfaces let alone clean them, and I can’t imagine trusting him to take things out of a dishwasher with those butter fingers 🤣

Sounds intense

[ShutYoFace]

It's not a list that the should do all of, its just a list of age appropriate suggestions.

[Spam88]

A 2 year old emptying the dishwasher just seems ridiculous and potentially dangerous. I am quite amused by the suggestion of my 2 year old nephew on his hands and knees with s bucket of soapy water scrubbing the baseboards though. Although I suppose he might give it a go, for all of 10 seconds before he gets distracted by trying to crawl out the cat flap.

[vampirethriller]

We used to do lots around the house growing up. We didn't get pocket money though! We had to get jobs on top for that. You shouldn't need paying to look after your own home was my mother's way of looking at it.

[viques]

I'd love to see a bed made by a two year old.......

and why would you give a tiny child a nice job like swiffering the floors? I LIKE swiffering the floors, that , putting slate oil on the fire surround and cleaning the bathroom sink are the only household jobs I actually like, I am damned if I am going to give them up for some incompetent toddler to mess up...... no,if ever I have to house train a toddler they are going to do proper jobs, like cleaning between the banisters, wiping down the skirting boards underneath radiators and cleaning behind the bathroom sink. Real jobs for tough kids.

[Blackteadrinker77]

It's just a list of age appropriate tasks not a daily to do list.

How much does your DSS do? How old is he?

[Frogletmamma]

My DD makes me coffee. With coffee I am superwoman. Without coffee I am a dead slug

[Batmanwearspants]

It literally says at the bottom "You can pick the number of chores you feel are appropriate for your child"

I do think its a good list in terms of helping prepare children for independence

[thegreatbeyond]

Well, you are all amateurs, clearly. My 16 month old has just finished wiping the 'base boards" and is getting to work digging the borders outside in a minute.

[Believeitornot]

This list isn’t that bad. It says age appropriate chores, not “everything that they should do”.

My school aged dcs do little bits and pieces but because I work, I’m not home enough to get them to do much. If I was home every day with them then we’d have a proper routine and they would be helping out.

[Quartz2208]

Yes it’s clearly saying at what age arious chores are appropriate to start not that they should be doing all of them

[Theducksarenotmyfriends]

Does that say swiffer the floor?? Even I don't swiffer the floor! (Wtf is swiffering??)

[FallenAngel89]

My kids probably do all of the 2-3 bracket and odd extras. My 7 year old knows how to work the washing machine and loves to do it. I'll make full use of that till she gets bored

[Sharpandshineyteeth]

Trying to get a toddler to do those chores would be like herding cats 😂

[LuchiMangsho]

DS6 helps with laundry. Makes his bed. Sets the table. Clears the table. Helps me with his baby brother. Tidies up toys at the end of the day.

Why won’t your DH do these chores???!
Does he consider them beneath him?!

[Upsidedownandinsideout]

It depends if you are expecting your children to do all of this every day (and be in charge of it) Vs helping out. If my DC are home and I'm doing a job, we all come and help because I want them to know that we are a team (even if that means resweeping the floor at the end!), and they help most nights with getting the dinner ready and setting/clearing table.
My 6 year old hasn't wiped the sinks or bathroom because I use stronger chemicals, or the microwave because it's high up, but the rest seem pretty reasonable to me

[Llanali]

Yes, to me this is a list of chores appropriate at each age. Not a daily list or whatever.

So at 4, it would be reasonable to have the child set the table. Or fold the tea towels. Not get home from pre school and race down the mines.

[Eltonjohnssyrup]

It does seem a lot. But my MIL did similar to this with her sons, and they are brilliant now. All of them do more than their wives.