Chores for a 10 year old?

[tink1969]

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas for "chores" that a ten year old could do to earn an allowance. My DD10 is very responsible but I'm not sure I'm ready to hand over any tasks. Right now, she is responsible for her room, which is very clean and she clears the dinner table.
What else can I give her?

 

[RachaelRol]

My DS6, sets the dinner table, cleans his room and empties the trash from the two bathrooms and bedrooms. He earns $5 per week.

You could have your 10 year old, help fold laundry and put it away, vacuum, help cook dinner, load the dishwasher and help dust. Maybe $10 per week?

 

[NVDisMom]

My DD10 is responsable for her room, unloading the dishwasher, helping pick up the living areas, feeding/watering the dog, and any extras I request of her. Very rarely do I get any gruff. She does this all out of the kindness of her heart, and the knowledge that she'll be spoiled rotten in Disney every year just before xmas.

 

[mum of two pirates]

I have a 9yo and a 8yo both boys.

8yo has been putting dishes away sence he was 4, has been cleaning the outside and all of the toilet sence he turned 7, keeping his bedroom floor clean and all dresser drawers pushed in at all times.


9yo jobs are to keep the living room floor picked up and clean, same with the bathroom floor (all cloths and towels) taking out the trash

They share in the trash cans and the litter box. They also bring up all the clean lawndry from downstairs, I sort and fold it they put it away. Once in a while they will help pick up the dining room if they have stuff in there or it is dinner time and the table has stuff on it.

The way I look at it, I didnt make the mess and I'm not your maid, you do your jobs and you get paid $5 a week and if not you don't. but if I have to ask 3 times you will still do it but not get paid for it. If they do extra I pay extra, it is decided on per job and at the time of it, and paid then also. I have enough to do with erronds and cooking and everything else. The bathroom thing came about becouse he is a boy and I got tired of it, it put a stop to it thoe.

 

[Sabrina90744]

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas for "chores" that a ten year old could do to earn an allowance. My DD10 is very responsible but I'm not sure I'm ready to hand over any tasks. Right now, she is responsible for her room, which is very clean and she clears the dinner table.
What else can I give her?

My 10yo DS is responsible for cleaning his room, emptying all trash, vaccuming and dusting the den and living room.

My 8 yo DD is responsible for her bedroom, setting and clearing the table. Drying and putting the dishes away.

They separate their clothes before I do laundry and put it away when I am done. Gardening and yard maintenance is done as a family.


They are not given an allowance. I might consider an allowance when they are in junior high. Right now I dont feel they need one.

 

[Dreaming of Disney]

I have a 10 yr. old DD and twin 8 yr. old DD's. They are all responsible for cleaning their rooms and they each have a job that is "theirs".

DD 10 is resposible for cleaning out the litter box, and I don't want to have to remind her. She does a good job with it.

DD 8 is responsible for keeping the table cleaned off from all meals and activities.

DD 8 is responsible for keeping the hallway and laundry room cleaned up from shoes, backpacks, lunchboxes, etc.

Of course they have extra jobs as assigned, but these are daily jobs they have.

 

[pixiewings71]

My DD11 takes care of her room, empties the dishwasher, dusts as high as she can reach, cleans the bathroom once a month, feeds the pets (2 cats and 1 dog) and helps her sister with the litterboxes.

My DD7 takes care of her room, sets the dinner (and many times helps me make dinner at her request) table, dusts as high as she can reach, cleans the bathroom once a month, water the plants, waters the pets and helps her sister with the litterboxes.

They also help us weed the yard, they take their laundry out to be washed and they fold it and put it away, they take turns feeding the fish (we have a 75 gallon saltwater and a 75 gallon freshwater and a betta tank) and they do other chores as well. I will also pay them but not if I have to ask them repeatedly to do their chores, I also give them a bonus if they do the extra chores without me asking more than once. The bonus pay depends on the chore they are assigned. Oh and the other 2 days a month, I clean the bathroom....I also clean it if we are having company over. LOL

 

[Lora]

My girls (9 & 11) -

• empty the dishwasher (daily)
• clean their rooms
• clean their bathroom and/or the guest bathroom (sink, toilet and floor)
• do their laundry (sort, wash, dry, fold, put away)
• take turns clearing the table, wiping the table, vacuuming the floor after meals (daily)
• dust, dustmop, vacuum (we divide the house in sections and rotate the different jobs in them)
• deep cleaning jobs that are given one/month or so - these are also divided and rotated (windows, wiping baseboards/moldings/doors/walls, de-cluttering, etc.)

That may seem like a lot, but we have a big house and we're home a LOT since we homeschool, so we have to keep up with things. I have considered getting outside help, but just can't bring myself to pay for something like that. We give an small allowance, but we don't pay them for these chores. They can earn money sometimes by doing other special projects. Once dd scanned in photos and dh paid her by the photo to earn money for a bicycle. Another time, I paid DD11 to clean two whole rooms (on top of her other chores) when I was busy with other committments and got behind...ok - even more behind than I usually am.

 

[HannaBelle]

I have a spreadsheet that I did in excel that list chores the kids might or might not do on a daily basis. Each chore has a monetary value and it is their responsibility to mark the chart once they have completed the chore. They must add up what they earned for the week and then request payment.

If they choose, they can do chores that are not assigned. My DS does this a lot when he is saving up for something he wants to buy.

The chores range from taking out the trash ($.10) to mowing the lawn ($10). The spreadsheet is on the fridge.

They do not earn money for caring for their dogs (food, water, walks, brushing scooping the yard), cleaning their own rooms or helping prepare meals.

My DD(9) has been/is sometimes responsible for the following…bring all of the laundry to the laundry room, sort and wash/dry with supervision…unload and re-load the dishwasher, swiffer sweeper the kitchen, dust, vacuum, wash base boards, pull weeds from the flower beds, pick-up trash from the yard, water plants, scrub the back patio & door (puppies and rain do not mix!), wipes the blinds…basically whatever else the entire family is working on.

She has asked to learn to mow because she wants to earn the $10 her brother usually gets! All of this sounds like lots of work, but we don’t do all of it one day! Dishes and trash are basically a daily event, but the base boards are more like every 3 months or so.

I work 30 hours a week while the kids are in school and everyone at our house pitches in to help when we are home.

Kids will live up to your expectations! I want mine to be self-sufficient adults when they leave for college. It is my job to prepare them now.

 

[KevGuy]

My daughter 10, has started dusting around the house to earn some money. Folding laundry may be next.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

These are the chores my DD 12 has. She has had most of them since she was 10.

Clean toilets
clean sinks
sweep kitchen
dust
empty dishwasher
clean room
help with laundry

We use to pay her $3 a week, it went up to $5 a week and now we just pay for things she wants when we are out. If she is part of the family, she helps take care of the house.

My DD4 sets the table, helps with laundry and cleans up her messes.

 

[powellrj]

We use to pay her $3 a week, it went up to $5 a week and now we just pay for things she wants when we are out. If she is part of the family, she helps take care of the house.

We use to give allowances, but we changed to giving plenty of money for what you want to do and you decide how to spend it. I give them each $10 for lunch money every week, but I also have plenty of things you can pack a lunch with so you can decide if you want to pack your lunch and save your money or just buy lunch. If the movie is $5 I will give them $10 and then they can decide if they want to spend the $5 or save it. It works out better for us because sometimes the kids were invited on trips that there was no way they could earn enough money to go on, and then it became why is it fair that we were paying for a ski trip for one kid and making the other one pay their own way to the movies.

We also became big believers in doing things because you are part of the family and thats what families do. Anymore because I had knee surgeries this year, the kids have pretty much taken over most of the jobs. There really isn't much a 10 year old can't do if you don't have really high standards!

 

[tink1969]

Well, thanks for all the great ideas and tips! After seeing some posts, I forgot that she does take care of all the family pets, (dog, hamster and hermits crabs). But I wanted to get some other ideas because I think she's old enough to earn some pocket money. Thanks again.
4 more sleeps until WDW!

 

[cooky11111]

My 10 year old, folds the Laundry and cleans the bathroom and sweeps.

 

[portia9]

My 10yo does chores that he isn't paid for and these are the things he has to do.

Feeds the dog daily
Puts his own clean laundry away
Tidies up his room and the playroom
Brings the rubbish bin in

He also does chores that he earns money for but he can choose not to do these.

Vacuuming
Mopping
Cleaning the cars

Yvette

 

[Aristomommy]

I'm glad i saw this thread, as we just discussed this with DD8. Right now she earns money from doing simple chores, but has asked for more responsibilities = more money

We are considering giving her $8 per week for completing all her chores for the week (still working on all the required chores). Any chores missed that week, will get a 25 cent deduction. She will put $1 in tithe/offering and $2 in "long term savings". Rest is hers to spend however she wants or she can save it of course. Some chores are considered non-paid as they are part of being a family. I am talking about the chores that are more than the usual and since DS2 can't help much, they seem to fall on her.

What do you think of this system? This is new territory for DH and I. Neither one of us were taught saving or money stuff at home, so we want to make sure DD learns to appreciate hard work and saving money.

 

[mjantz]

DS 10 does the following:

-emptys the dishwasher as often as needed
-cleans the bathroom he & his sister share (about once a week)
-keeps his room clean
-vaccums (if asked)

DD7 will dust if asked & keeps her room clean.

They also both put their clean clothes away after I've folded them. DD can't reach her hang-up clothes so I do that for her but she puts all the drawers stuff away.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

I'm glad i saw this thread, as we just discussed this with DD8. Right now she earns money from doing simple chores, but has asked for more responsibilities = more money

We are considering giving her $8 per week for completing all her chores for the week (still working on all the required chores). Any chores missed that week, will get a 25 cent deduction. She will put $1 in tithe/offering and $2 in "long term savings". .

When DD was in public school her weekly allowance was a little higher. We would giver her $6 a week. She needed to budget her money because she needed $1 every week for girl scouts, $1 every week for ice cream at school is she so choose, and then $1 for church offering. Many weeks she went without ice cream so she could save her money.

We also deducted a quarter everytime she had to be reminded to do her chores. She sometimes would loose a whole $1 and after that she did much better.

 

[tjmw2727]

My girls are 10 and 12 and have been doing some chores for several years.

Right now they are responsible for their own room, made bed, clothes in hamper and room in "reasonable" shape. They pick up after themselves, shoes away, jackets hung and toys/games put away after use and not left in common areas.

They help with laundry in the summer but during school its easier if I do it myself. They put away their own clean clothes.

They set and clear the table, load and unload the dishwasher. They usually alternate those jobs so if one sets and the other clears and one loads the dishwasher the other clears.

Right now I give them the $ they need for school lunches, dues and such and they have chores they can do for extra $.

I pay $3.00 for a chore I would otherwise have to do if its done correctly. We have a jar with slip of paper and they pick the chores each Sunday and get the $ the following Sunday.

Some of the chores are, vacuum & dust the living room, clean a bathroom (I still do the toilets though), swiffer and dust the dining room etc. By having them pick on Sunday I know which chores I should skip that week. My oldest has started helping dad with the mowing yardwork and likes that because dad pays more

After a few months of helping/teaching them they really wanted to do a good job and do it by themselves. They really do a good job and I seldom have to go over anything anymore.

Since we have started paying them per job instead of allowance they have been managing money better. I also see more respect for the all the work done by all of us and more cooperation in keeping things neat between cleanings.

So far so good, hope this helps!

TJ