On Household Chores

[danieldwilliam]

My son, the Captain, recently turned 11.

I think he's ready to do some chores around the house. He's a reasonably sensible and trustworthy eleven year old.

My own experience of turning eleven and picking up some jobs around the house is, I think, not an ideal guide to how this should be done. My mum was a single parent to 4 kids, I'm the eldest. Things were fraught and a not necessarly well thought through.

So what are some reasonable jobs around the house for an eleven year old?

Comments

[alithea]

Yes, I avoid drying up by leaving things to air where possible too, I just don't like Kev doing it instead!

I was doing drying up at that age too probably, but similarly, washing up happened as soon as dinner was finished and was something of a production line.