Should children do chores?

[All Else Failed]

But see again, that's something that's expected of them. Its their room, its their responsiblity to keep it clean. However, you could get them to help you do yard work. It's not their yard, taking care of the yard isn't expected of children, but its something that they could help with if given an incentive.

They learn the value of work, they learn about nature, they gain minimal landscaping experience, and most importantly they get to spend time with their parent(s), while being active.

The value of work is not in monetary gain.

 

[ZubaZ]

'Where did I ever say it was? Its incentive to the child to do work. Can you honestly say that you'd bust your ass half as hard as you do at work, if you knew that you wouldn't be paid for the work you put in? "Oh but its a great moral lesson, you can have a positive affect on your community." Ta loco! Money makes the world go round!

 

[Guyzerr]

'Where did I ever say it was? Its incentive to the child to do work. Can you honestly say that you'd bust your ass half as hard as you do at work, if you knew that you wouldn't be paid for the work you put in? "Oh but its a great moral lesson, you can have a positive affect on your community." Ta loco! Money makes the world go round!

If you compare kids doing chores to the parents doing their jobs to cloth you, put a roof over your head and food on the table you are living in a dream world. Free room and board for kids sounds like a real deal to me.

 

[itsmeJonB]

fuck yes they should do chores, the chores wont do themselves. and i had kids for that very reason...

 

[All Else Failed]

'Where did I ever say it was? Its incentive to the child to do work. Can you honestly say that you'd bust your ass half as hard as you do at work, if you knew that you wouldn't be paid for the work you put in? "Oh but its a great moral lesson, you can have a positive affect on your community." Ta loco! Money makes the world go round!

An actual job is totally different from just helping around the house. Kids should do it because it is their responsibility to keep their house clean.

 

[JosephGabriel]

Have you learned some of the necessary household things like...
- doing laundry
- cooking decent meals without the use of a microwave
- cleaning the house which would include toilets
- yard work
- shopping for the home and the planning thereof

yeah but I guess anyone with a bit of common sense could do any of those?...

 

[Peter Parka]

Yeah, they should do chores, the're part of the household and should contribute. It also teaches them a work ethic and how to live in the real world when they grow up, something which is sadly lacking in a lot of young people who seem to think everything should be handed to them on a plate. When I was a kid it was my job to do the wiping up after dinner, grow vegetables in the garden and I also used to cut the hedge in exchange for my parents paying for my camera films to be developed. I also got no pocket money from when I was 13 years old and could legally worked, I did a paper round for my money then.

 

[lusira2bisai2]

DAMN!Finally found a post like this....Well let me just first say how reaaaallly TOUCHY this subject is to me.

Housework.like one of you said ,it's just a function of the house.Little things you just need to do,INSTEAD OF IT BEING SUCH A NOosE.Housework can play a big role in family life.It can be the synonym for married life!!!

Ok,touchy because i feel that housework-makes family life VERY VERY VERY inflexible.Most of my friends just seems to not do housework (or just do it when they feel like it),,,and just go on with their life.hang out with fiends blah blah,,,TOTALLY oblivious of all the housework being done.

So yes children should do housework.TRAIN them .but i believe believe believe that everyone in the household should just do the chores for themselves....yes i know that MAY seem impractical,like maximising the use of the washing machine.But come on....rather than just letting your mom do all that.


So yes.i guess housework REALLY affected a part of my chuldhood and thus how i view the world.Me being the only female within my siblings.And then the family ALWAYS having to ask my mom to cook EVERY SINGLE TIME before we do ANYTHING or nt my dad gets mad and me IRRITATED because he gets mad....like what's the problem of hvin to cook for yourself????we have to eat together??It's like males...as a child yay their mom or sis cook and do chores for them.....then older maybe their girlfriends.....then wife.....never learning for themselves...


Mannnn.i just REALLY feel housework is like this big BLOODY noose hanging close to my neck sometimes.so inflexible.EVERYONE should do their own chores...housework should just be something you do...not like a freaking SLAVEwork!!!so yes children trained from the start.bye y'all

 

[lusira2bisai2]

you'd think so huh?yes.me too

 

[lusira2bisai2]

(response to JosephGabriel)

 

[Abcinthia]

I make my daughter (3½) pick up her toys and she occasionally helps me sort out washing, sweeping the floor and cooking (stuff like making cake cake or cutting mushrooms. She's good at cutting mushrooms). I think it teaches her responsibility.

But I don't really think of it as chores. I've made some into games and others, she does really enjoy anyway. She gets really put out when I go and empty the washing machine by myself or sweep the floor without her and her little brush.

 

[AUFred]

Somethings are chores and we had our children attempting to make their beds from about age 3. Some chores were theirs specifically like dusting or vacuuming or taking out the trash. Other times we got them involved with what we were doing and praised their accomplishments. If they feel like they are making a worthwhile contribution they are more likely to want to help.