Helping around the house
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Topic: Helping around the house
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Helping around the house
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 1:24pm
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How many of you get your kids to help you around the house, at what age, and what do they do? -------------  |
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 1:30pm
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Micheal 10 - puts the rubbish out every night
sets the table clears the table Puts the boys clothes away Jayden 5 -Puts the recycling out Wipes the table after meals Puts mine and DH clothes in the bedroom Abby 2.5 - Puts her clothes away Helps put the groceries away Puts clothes in the dryer All the kids get pocket money for their jobs. Abby just likes helping so we let her. They also have to tidy their rooms and the playroom each Saturday. ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 1:40pm
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wow I really need to get my kids to put their clothes away too..
we've just started giving pocket money and the kids main jobs are putting the dishes away from the dish washer, setting the table, tidying their room (although this is a constant battle with miss9) and any other jobs we ask them to do. josh is 14 so he does a bit more and he feeds the dog every day and gets wood in. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 3:23pm
| jake puts out the recycling and knows to put his bottle in the sink when he's finished, and to put rubbish in the bin. occasionally he 'washes the dishes" but this isn't really helping as it creates more of a mess - i call it training tho. jake also has a spray bottle of water for "cleaning the windows" - another training method. I'm trying to get him to clean up toys - thats our current mission. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 4:23pm
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Andrew will put all the washing in the washing basket, take the dishes out and put them on the bench. He knows to tidy his toys up after he has finished playing and before he goes to bed he tidies up his bedroom. Andrew also knows where the rubbish bin is and the recycling so often puts that away as well. As we have bene using spossies he will put them in the rubbish for us as well. And if we get him on a good day he brings wood in for the wood box. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 6:56pm
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Well at this stage bubs is helping washing floors. She throws a tantrum until I give the floor sweeper to her. She loves to help fold her own laundry.
So she doesnt really have chores but help me around the house. She also gives me pegs when I hang the clothes up. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 8:52pm
| Jack loves to help with everything although most of the time it makes the job longer. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 9:19pm
Joey helps set the table and tidy up his books and toys. He also puts things in the rubbish if I tell him too (and sometimes also even if I don't  - found his drink bottle in there this morning).------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 11:40pm
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Charlotte tidies her toys away- helps me hang the washing on the clothes horse- puts things in the rubbish- puts her dishes on the bench when shes finished and feeds Harry (her guinea pig). Its mostly token stuff at the moment really. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Nitrous
Date Posted: 12 July 2007 at 10:51am
| Both our girls help clean up there toys and both have little jobs like putting there pjs on there beds after getting changed |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 12 July 2007 at 1:38pm
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Jake "helps" by putting toys away, and is really excellent at putting away his playdo and the cutters. When he's had enuff, he puts the dough in the can and puts all the cuters in their bag, and says "helping". Cute! His fave job (he calls it "working") is bringing wood in from the wheelbarrow on the deck and dropping it into the wood basket. He will also help put away his clothes, quite good at this, and put his pjs away int he morning. He likes to go round and point out "mess" and "dirty"... just like his father... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 12 July 2007 at 1:43pm
james will help put toys away put cups up on beanch in the kicthen and trows his nappies out in the bin with a little help from mummy and also likes to help folding the washing he loves to help me and i see it as training from when hes older ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |