what chores does your 7/8 year old do?

[cheesesarnie]

i watched child of our time on bbc4 lastnight and the thing after.they were talking about chores.my 8 year old dd loves to help,so much so i have to stop her from doing things!but ds-aged 7 is completly different.
dd does-daily-
feed rabbit
empty dishwasher and put away
makes her bed(most days)
puts her clothes away
tidies her room

ds does-
room if i moan and moan(but he does share with ds2 so im a bit relaxed about him doing it!)
put his clothes away-again i must go on and on and on!

oh shopping is great when they get older, I send them of with a trolley and a list and then they meet me at checkout and spend an hilarious 15 minutes, removing all the lego, sweeties and Frosties they have 'smuggled' into their trolley....

Oh yes, something franny sad, my two put all their dirty clothes in the washing basket too, and help put the shopping away when it gets delivered. (not food, I'm too anal about my cupboards but they take bathroom stuff upstairs, and bring down empty stuff)

Hellish, it sounds to me like your children are still too young for doing anything around the house ... either that or you have struck gold with children who do what needs to be done because it needs to be done without being asked first ...
My DS doesn't get paid or rewarded for his jobs - he has to do them as 'part of the job' of being a member of the family ... but he still needs a lot of nagging reminding.

thank god ds DOES help me as I wouldn't be able to do any shopping otherwise atm!

putting away shopping
tidying kitchen , including doing dishwasher, washing surfaces, sweeping floor,
hoovering
looking after the little ones

my 4 and 6 year old also do most of these too

thankyou eveyone.i might suggest to ds about loading the washing machine,putting it on and maybe the bathroom-i think he'd like to do that(for a week till he gets bored!).i do think its important that they help out-its theyre mess /house too and when i left home i was beyond crap so id like for them to be a bit better than i was.

Tanee58-no way!i dont know where she gets it from but its great!

I have to admit that I didn't do a vast amount of chores at home, but did not find it difficult to pick these things up when I moved from home. But then I lived on my own for 10 years, so couldn't transfer the problem to a partner.

Main reason I did little at home was that my Mum was very perfectionist and used to get so stressed at things done badly/ineffienctly that she would dive in and take over- or we would feel so uncomfortable that we tried to get out of things. I am sure a more relaxed approach would have kept us involved. We are talking a woman who used to scream and cry with frustration at the stress of getting the house spotless before she could ask a couple of friends, or some near relative, in for an evening meal. Naturally, the whole house cleaning business seemed rather stressful to us too. She relaxed after the menopause, so I don't suppose it ever was about cleaning per se, but you can't expect a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds to understand about these things. She should have seen a doctor, but people didn't in those days.

I am more relaxed, but having to deal with disability of course shifts the goal posts again.