Do your children have "jobs" around the house? What is each job worth?

[aspie*mum]

My 6 y/o and 2/3rds has jobs they are:

- Make sure her dog's water bowl is filled with clean water

- Fill up her dog's bowl with dry food

- Brush and wash the dog weekly (she is supervised with the brushing)

- Make sure the dog is walked at least once a day

- All toys packed up at the end of the day

- Fill up the bird seed feeder when it runs out

- Put her dirty clothes in the hamper
- Put her breakfast dishes in the dishwasher.

- Check the vegie garden daily for anything that needs to be picked.

We are currently working on how to make the bed, but she has a double bed and lacks coordination so she still needs a lot of help with this.

She doesn't receive any payment for ANY of her jobs.  I believe that as a family, we all have to work together and contribute.  No one pays me to do any housework.

She does however, get given money for her school cafe once a week.

She also gets 1 Doctor Who micro figure on the weekend ($3) if she does all her readers during the week.

She also gets 15 minutes of iPad time a weekday once she has finished her homework from the psychologist.

One of my friends was horrified that she has so many jobs, but I believe having jobs is teaching her responsibility (especially when it comes to looking after pets).

What do others do with their kids?  I run a pretty strict household in many ways, but quite liberal in others.

[daydream**believer]

Miss 12 and Mr 9 have to-

make their own beds

empty the rubbish and recycling

take the bins in and out on bin night

put dishes away

put their own clothes away

pack away Mr 2's toys each night

strip and re make their beds when i wash the sheets

help me hang washing out when asked

do some weeding in garden

keep their rooms tidy.

Miss 12 also has to clean out her rabbit hutch and feed him when required.

They each get $5.00 a week pocket money if they do all their jobs without me needing to nag or them complaining.

[kayza40]

Mine are 11 and 14

They both have to keep their rooms clean and organised

they hang out their clothes if here when I do the washing or we both do it together and same with bringing them in, I wash them because I don't like anyone touching the machine except me.  They always fold and put away their own clothes.

The 11 yr old feeds the dog in the morning and either one does it at night

Take turns at packing and unpacking the dishwasher and sometimes I do it.

Clean up after themselves.

Take bin out

Pick up dog poop with pooper scooper twice a week

I pick one girl each week to help me clean their bathroom, they do the bath while I'll do the mirror or something

I pick one girl to go around and wipe any marks of the wall

take turns at sweeping (all of us do that)

I mop and vacuum, but we all vacuum our own rooms

They don't get pocket money, but they do get their phones recharged every 2 months for $30 each, they also get $3 a day lunch money and take a snack from home.  Because both are in highschool now and have to cart around their bags and daily books, so a lunch box just takes up more room.

[shinynewid]

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[catsnknots]

yep.. he has one job  

Go to school.... 

It is his job to study and learn...  

Seriously... all that other stuff is not jobs... they are normal part of every day life... if we call those things jobs then kids think they should be paid for it. 

my son gets $30 per week pocket money. 

[everything*that*i*ever*wanted]

I use a website called Chorebuster.com

It is brilliant. You enter in all the chores for the household and each chore is given a weighting. Then you enter the household members and their commitments for the week and exempt them from chores they aren't to do or can't do. Then it spits out a chore roster for the week, with all the chores shared out evenly. We put EVERYTHING on the chart. We share the cooking, washing, cleaning etc as we all have commitments between school, church, volunteering, being a carer, kids sports etc etc.

Since doing it the house is always clean and tidy, nobody does more than is fair and it is ALOT less stress.

The kids don't get paid for chores, again it is part of contributing to the home. Their needs are paid for and their wants are earned through extra chores or as rewards.

[lis351]

7 and 11 year old boys. They get $5 week pocket money, providing their chores through the week are done satisfactorily. Their jobs are

- drying the dishes

- keeping their rooms tidy

- taking the rubbish out to the bins and also putting the bins out on rubbish day

- getting all the toys and dogs stuff off the lawn

- keeping the lounge free of toys/DVDs/concole game covers

- putting away your own clothes after theyve been folded

All of that is stuff that I consider to be a good household member, their Dad thinks they will be happier to do it if they get a small reward for it.

[lakeland27]

 mine post rude comments on Bolts blog, if one gets by the moderators i give them $10 .

[donnashuggy]

They need to join a union Lakeland, that is child slavery 😄

My son is 18 and I taught him how to slice a tomato yesterday, so proud of him!

[topsidesoul]

Back in my day we did 'jobs' to avoid getting hit with the belt.

Blah Blah Blah....kid's these days and their smartphones and hippity hop.