9 y/o chores

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

Hi all, my 9 y/o DD has absolutely no responsibilities in our house, so we thought it's about time she started. Just wondering what kinds of chores some of your 9 y/o do? Also, if you pay them per chore how much do you usually pay them?

 

[kaseyC]

Our 9 yr old DD has a number of chores. Our dog is trained to go #2 in a certain mulched area of our back yard. Once a week she cleans up the area with a pooper scooper. She picks up the mudroom- making sure all jackets are hung up and shoes are in their cubbies. She is also supposed to make her bed every morning. She gets paid $5.00 a week. She is expected to save half and she can do what she wants with the rest.
My 4 yr old DD has a couple of chores as well. She picks up the books and toys in the family room and puts them away. She also folds the wash cloths and hand towels.

 

[ElizaB39]

My DS 8 does the following:

Keeps room clean and this means no dirty or clean clothes on floor, clean clothes put away, toys put away on shelves or in toy box, books on bookshelf - inbase salary of 2.00
puts away all clean clothes - 1.00/week
sets and clears the table (shares with DD11) - .25 each time for setting and .25 each time for clearing max - .50 each meal (dinners only)
brings recycling out each day to recy bin in garage - .25 each day
takes trash out 1x week (assists DH since he is too small to wheel the big cans out himself) - 1.00 per week
cleans his room 1x week - in base salary of 2.00
empties the dishwasher of all things that fit in lower cabinets, and puts away the silverware - .50 each time
dusts my wrought iron kitchen table upon request (has lots of curliques and I hate to do it) - 1.00 per request
helps pick up sticks in the yard - 1.00 per time

Hope this helps.
ETA: If he chooses not to do any of these chores, he does not get paid. It is a salary plus commission form of payment.

 

[inaminute]

I don't believe in paying kids to do their part in regular chores related to caring for themselves and their environment. My kids got an allowance, but it was not related to their daily chores.

I feel the same way with my grandson. He spends most of his week with us and he has to make his bed, make sure his dirty clothes are in a basket, put away his clean clothes, clear the dinner table, and bring in the trash cans from the street twice a week. He does not get paid for doing these chores, although we will sometimes offer encouragement in the form of "do your chores without being reminded for ___ days and we'll go shopping for a new toy."

We let him set the pace on additional chores--like helping Grandpa in the yard or helping with dinner, loading the dishwasher, etc.--and we will sometimes pay him for those.

He just likes to help, though and is generally happy with heaps of praise!

 

[HollyJoy]

I have an 8 year old (figured that was close enough), and her responsibilites are as follows: clean her room and pick up after herself around the house, set and clear the table (shares this with her sister), feeds the cats, and takes out the recycle stuff. There are other things that I will ask her to do from time to time, which includes: dusting, cleaning the storm door (glass), put her laundry away, helping with literbox (training her! lol), getting mail, sweeping, refilling toilet paper, cleaning toilets, etc..

She does get an allowance of $5 a week.

 

[pattyT]

do the dishes - by hand
do the laundry - by hand
mow the lawn - with that OLD push thing without a motor
scrub the floors with a sponge
clean the tub tiles with a toothbrush
ohhhh then I wake up!

Cat litter is her one chore -
she is 11
BUT we have a 4 and 1 year old so she KNOWS that when we say to do something or watch them or whatever at random times... she does it...
No $ though -
she gets what she needs for when she needs it...
she has bad money management and until she can manage her lunch money - so won't get one.
(aka we give her enough for 5 days of lunch and after 4 shes asking for more )

 

[corie161]

I don't have a 9 yr old, but a 7 and an almost 5 yr old. I started having them have certain chores each day of the week, but that kind of fell through in the summer. I now have a white board on the fridge with each of their names on it. When I go home for lunch I come up with a job for each of them. Usually it's something that needs immediate attention, like putting away stuff laying around, etc. If there isn't anything like that I come up with dusting, vacuuming, whatever it may be. Sometimes I even put a couple of things a day, depending on what needs to get done and when. This method seems to work better than me just barking out orders when we get home.

As far as pay I once heard a good rule of thumb that I have been going by. I pay them 1/2 of their age in allowance each week. So my 7 yr old gets $3.50 and my 4 yr old currently gets $2.00 but will increase to $2.50 when he turns 5 at the end of the month.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

This is my dd's list. It's taped to her bedroom door so she doesn't forget:

Every day: Set kitchen table, clear the table when finished. Help with dishes. Pick up all your shoes and stuff downstairs and take it upstairs at the end of the day. Keep bedroom clean. Put any clean clothes away.

Monday: Dust bannister
Tuesday: Sweep front porch
Wednesday: Clean the t.v screen with Windex
Thursday: Empty trash cans throughout house, except for kitchen
Friday: Free day
Saturday: Clean your bathroom - toilets, bathtub and sinks.
Sunday: Bring all your dirty clothes (and your brothers too) downstairs to the laundry room.

 

[SC Minnie]

DD11 has had these same chores for a couple of years-

Vacuum the stairs (the rest of the house is a bonus)
clean her room and the bonus room (we use as a den/playroom)
set the table
pick up her 'stuff' from all over the house
give Tink food and water every day

They don't have to be done on certain days but all must be done by Saturday. Sometimes I add extra things if DH needs help in the yard raking or I need extra help in the house.

 

[disneymom3]

All three of my kids do chores. You start getting allowance in kindergarten but it is not tied to your chores. Our philosophy is everyone participates in cleaning etc because we are part of a family and with that, everyone gets a share financially of the family's money. (But mommy and daddy get more!)

They rotate all of these chores depending on who gets asked and some of them depending on whose turn it is(some are in high demand like vacuuming the stairs and cleaning the windows.)

Clean windows and wipe off sills(at the same time, clean mirrors in bathrooms)
Vacuum stairs
Wipe down cupboard fronts (usually the three yo gets this one as it's a good way to keep him busy)
Wipe down bathroom countertops and sinks
Set the table
Sweep and or swiffer the hard surface floors

DD has just started vacuuming the carpets on occassion
She also puts away the dishes from the dishwasher

AND my favorite: She makes dinner once a week. Used to be that I planned out the meal and got everything out for her, now we are getting to where she decides what to have based on avail ingredients.

 

[jlaspoq]

DD10 makes her bed every day, keeps her room straight, puts away all her own clean laundry, helps sort and fold everyone's laundry (three of us pitch in on this one - how much you do depends on how much else you have to do that day), sets table, cleans up dishes, feeds fish, takes out recyclable stuff.... other duties as assigned - such as cleaning bathroom which she actually likes to do (I really should assign that one more often!). Not paid for chores, but she does get a monthly allowance of $20.

 

[golfgal]

During the school year we don't have set chores for the kids, they just do what we ask-usually that means a top to bottom cleaning on Saturday morning. In the summer they are each responsible for a level of the house which includes cleaning everything on that level. They each have a bathroom to keep clean along with dusting, vacuuming etc. They don't get paid for any of that, that is just part of being a family. They can earn money by doing extra jobs like scrubbing the kitchen floor, mowing the lawn, etc. How much they get paid is in direct correlation to how much I dislike doing the job myself . They are expected to keep their rooms clean, put away laundry, help with the laundry,etc. They all help clean up after meals, set the table and help cook. DS13 will often make dinner, he loves to cook.

I had roommates in college that were clueless about general house cleaning, one didn't even know how to change a roll of toilet paper and I swore my kids would not be like that.

 

[Griggle]

DS9 is responsible for all the garbage. From checking how full the compactor is, making sure the recycling is sorted correctly, to bringing it all out, and carting everything back in. He also makes his bed, takes care of his bathroom, clears off the table after meals - and is on call at all times to help dad with yard work. He's also a huge help with his little brother.

He does not receive an allowance. And, he has yet to ask!

 

[powellrj]

we have 2 kinds of jobs for DD. The regular weekly jobs like dusting, putting away laundry, setting/clearing table.... Then the extra jobs like the $5 she got for raking leaves.