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Please list regular chores your children are responsible for.

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Attheendofthedaywhenallsaid · 24/04/2021 16:29

Mine:
Drying up
Strip their bed
Put their clothes away
Tidy living room.
Help prepare dinner
In addition sometimes:

Hoover,
Put shopping away
Tidy drawers/cupboards
Gardening jobs

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HoxtonBonnet · 25/04/2021 10:00

Ds15 and dd17. Pocket money is paid weekly on the basis that they clean/dust/hoover their rooms and change their bedding.

They also help me sort the kitchen out after dinner each night.

ToffeePennie · 25/04/2021 10:04

6 year old:
Empty and load dishwasher
Hoover living room
Clean mess in bathroom sink after cleaning teeth
Putting own clothes away
General tidy up
Cleaning one Guinea pig hutch per week (we have 3)
3 year old
Taking plates and glasses into kitchen
Wiping down table
Bringing laundry upstairs
Helping with the washing up (very occasionally and always supervised)
Helping his brother clean guinea pig cage.

RantyAnty · 25/04/2021 10:24

Up early to take care of livestock. Collect eggs and milk the cow.
Chop wood for the fire.
Collect water from the well.
Churn butter
Walk 5 miles to one room school house.

Germolenequeen · 25/04/2021 11:17

@RantyAnty

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whatmattersisthatyoulove · 25/04/2021 13:22

Nothing, they work hard at school, do their homework, exercise, have hobbies etc

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 25/04/2021 13:31

Dd1;
Empties dishwasher
Clears cat litter trays
Strips and remakes bed
Puts clothes away
Cleans out her own pets

Dd2;
Wipes out bathroom sink
Helps strip her bed

They both set and clear the table as and when.

Attheendofthedaywhenallsaid · 25/04/2021 14:01

@RantyAnty Grin I bet the kids that had that lifestyle didn’t suffer from anxiety and body image concerns !!! X

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