My daughter is 7 and a half and sometimes I worry I'm putting too much pressure on her to do things on her own.
This is the list of what she does -
- she tidies her room (I never tidy her room)
- she picks up the living room if I ask her
- she will occasionally dust if I ask her
- she runs her own bath and is left to it whilst in the bath except when her hair needs washed
- she goes into the corner shop alone whilst I wait outside (she enjoys doing this and is something she asks to do and only goes in for a sweetie or juice for herself not for my things)
- the odd time I will tell her to sort her own bfast if running late etc and I need to jump in shower.
- the odd time I will tell her to get her own water from the tap/fill up her own cup
- she helps me empty the dishwasher sometimes
- sometimes I will ask her to nip out to car for something, it's in our drive way, no access to main road
- goes to toilet on own at restaurant if she knows the restaurant and I can see toilet entrance
- the other day I was dropping her at school and just at the entrance of the school she saw her friend on her own and she said just to let her out there and she went and walked with her friend, so I didn't get out of the car.
Sometimes I just feel that I expect her to do too much or that these things aren't age appropriate. Can someone help me out?
What are normal chores for 7 and half year old?
This came up because my friend was shocked I never tidy my daughters room for her, I will dust and hoover it but I expect her to tidy it if she makes the mess. My friend says she tidies her kids rooms and it made me feel guilty.
Just me and her in the house.