Pocket money chore chart ideas for pre teens?

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We were thinking of starting this for DCs 10 (soon to be 11) and 12 (soon to be 13).

At the moment they just sort of get given random bits of money here and there every now and then for treats or whatever but as the eldest especially has now started to go out more with friends by themselves we thought it would be good to make this a set amount.

However, their rooms are absolutely disgraceful and they rarely do anything around the house (not good I know) so we want to start introducing some regular chores too.

What do your teens do in your house?

Big one is going to be tidying their room.

Was thinking hoovering, washing up, setting the table, making and changing their beds that sort of thing.

I don't want it to be anything too big like cooking a meal for the family or anything like that but just small every day things to show them they need to help out too.

Anyone got a chart at home and what's on it?

We have just started ours with filling the dishwasher as a regular thing, doing his own clothes washing. He gets £5 a week

You could draw up a list for each child to do as their contribution to running the home on a daily basis. Then you could have a discretionary chart/ list wit optional chores and a 'price' or reward tally - with jobs priced according to difficulty or time needed. So children could choose their rewards. This puts the onus on them rather than you - no effort - no reward.......as in life.

The problem I have with charts is that I never stick to them, and a half filled in chart is worse than none imo. Hope you can find one that works for you.

My dc's are 13.
They take it in turn to empty the dishwasher.
They pair socks, sometimes mow the lawn.
Actually they both cook family meals, more so they are learning how to cook rather than as a chore.
They usually prepare their own lunches.

Likewise do the odd wash and tumble dry.
They will both Hoover or mop if asked but isn't a regular thing.

They tidy their rooms but I still need to actually tidy them as well as back up. They aren't great at dusting.

They don't get paid extra, apart from the lawn sometimes, because chores are just part of life.
They do get regular pocket money.

Chores are part of family life here, everyone needs to do their bit and no one gets paid for them. Empty the dishwasher, fold washing, help with dinner, set the table, hoover the stairs etc.
Bedrooms are personal space so not my problem except must be tidy for the cleaner which means at least once a week they look respectable for a little while at least. No food in the bedrooms although over holidays that seems to slide as they get older.

Pocket money completely separate, so they have some spending money and learn how to budget, use debit card and online banking.

Occasionally I have paid for extra tasks such as washing the car as a one off because they needed more money, we are mean and very rarely hand out cash for random requests.
Works for us, they're older now and very good at managing money, and I never had the patience to keep track of how many tasks / how much pocket money etc

My 12 year old gets pocket money weekly with no list of things to qualify for it but she knows she has to muck in around the house as a general part of being a family.

She can however earn extra little bits by doing more specific things that aren't day-to-day like she'll empty, clean and reorganise the fridge for a food shop then put the shopping away. I hate that job, she doesn't mind and she can top up her money like that. We use GoHenry.