Is it 'too much' to expect a nearly 5yo to...

[MascaraOHara]

I was thinking of giving my dd (5 in summer) the responsibility of keeping her bedroom tidy.. I have no idea if this is the done thing and was thinking of maybe saying she gets 50p on a saturday if she tidies her room or something?

Not sure if this is acceptible or not?? I normally end up tidying her room on a Saturday and just feel a bit fed up that she always refuses to help.

Any opinions?

What gets me about this is ... they do it at school. My kids and, as far as I can see, all the other kids, tidy up at pre school and at school.

My kids actually drop litter in our home. They'd never dream of doing that in a park or in the street.

I think having four close together means I lack time to spend with them teaching them how to tidy and organise.

It's the bain of my life I tell you.

Some good advice on here though.

My dds share a room, and friends are not allowed round to play if they don't keep it nice. As they are so young, 4 & 5, I help them, but refuse to do it alone. It is never to early to start sowing these seeds, and they are the start of valuable life-skills too many people are without!

How do you make it an everyday habit without initially rewarding? (genuine question). I don't know how to get her to do it, which is why I thought about 50p

Why not save up the 50p's (I am sure there will be more than one) and spend the money on somehing nice for your child's room, then you can do the reward scheme, and the nice room will also become a reward in itself.

Oh yes, it's going straight into her money box each week

Maybe a 5 yr old could help but I wouldn't give the 50p. It's something you have to do. I don't get paid for doing housework.

My 3 children(7,6 and 3) help (?) to tidy up but they wouldn't do it on their own (not very well anyway).

I think they should get used to helping without being paid.

Pocket money should be for non routine stuff or 'just because'.

Any tips for a ds aged 12? All 3 of my dc are dreadful!