Parents of 17- Year Old Daughters

[Jodi1980]

What does she have to do around the house in terms of chores?

 

[Serena]

I didn't have too many set chores for her to do. Putting dishes away was one of them. But I made her help when we cleaned up the house. Whatever needed done. It was a major chore just making her pick up after herself.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

My 17 year old daughter has no set chores. I expect her to put her clothes away and to help me when I ask her to do a chore or task or errand. It works for us.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

I had to empty out the dishwasher and then pick up after myself.
Sometimes she would ask me to do something but my set job was the dishwasher.

 

[Cindy B]

At 17 I did my own laundry, bought all my own things (clothes), paid enough for my own phone bills, plus other things..

I was basically on my own then so I did basically everything.

 

[helenabear]

At 17, I did most of the grocery shopping, cleaned most of the house, was responsible for keeping the yard straightened up (mowed and all that), did my own laundry, and more or less helped keep the whole house orgainzed (my room somehow didn't get that way though).

 

[damo]

DD, 17, is never home long enough to do anything in terms of chores. We are happy to even be able to see her once in a while. I think we'll see her more next year when she's gone away to University

 

[Lanshark]

My 17 year old clears the table, and cleans the kitchen up after dinner (I'm a neat cook, I wash as I go so there's not too much). She folds cloths and puts them away and puts away the dishwasher. Keeps her room clean (or her version of it). Cleans her bathroom. Basically when I need something done I ask.

 

[septbride2002]

At the age of 17 (which was only 5 years ago) I was resonpsible for most of my own laundry, paying for my special shampoo, conditioner, deoderant, etc... my brother and I cleaned the table or cooked dinner depending on my Mom's schedule.

It is hard to say what a 17 year olds chores would do. I would think of them more as responsibilities.

~Amanda

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

Originally posted by Cindy B
At 17 I did my own laundry, bought all my own things (clothes), paid enough for my own phone bills, plus other things..

I was basically on my own then so I did basically everything.

That reminds me..I'm now 18 and at collegebut I have done my own laundry since i was a freshman in high school as well as bought all ofmy own clothes and anything else I may need.
My parents pay for my phone bill unless I go over my minutes and then I pay. They also pay for anything for school like books and school supplies.

 

[KarenC]

My DD is 18 now and off to college, but when she was 17 and at home she had few set chores. She needed to bring her laundry down, sort it, and bring it back up and put it away when it was finished. She needed to keep her room straightened up, but other than that, I didn't make her do too much.

At 17, her school work and extra curricular activities were exponentially more time consuming than mine ever were. I figured her job was doing well in school. It paid off, she got into 7 of 8 schools she applied to and received a significant scholarship to the school she is attending.

The lack of chores didn't seem to harm her much. Now that there's no cleaning lady or parents to do laundry, she still seems to have clean clothes and a reasonably clean room