When my son was 3 years old, he showed much interests in everything around him.
That is the time when he wanted to be independent.
He wanted to show that he can help around with the chores even though it was beyond his ability.
Sometimes, it can be frustrating for me when I was folding the clean laundry while he was tossing around those folded clothes everywhere.
As he grow older, he wanted to help me out with harder household chores which I had to take precautions because I do not want him to end up hurting himself.
Indeed, research had proven that family bonding will strengthens when children ( school age or teenagers) being involved with household chores.
Whether it is a daily or weekly routine chores, communication and teamwork helps to enhance family bonding where children can learn a lot of things that teachers don’t teach in school.
Between age 1-2
-Enjoy undressing himself during bath time or outing purpose
-Trying hard to dress himslf up with numerous attempts. Provide some help before he starts whining, showing frustration.
-Helps to feed pet with food
-Helps to pick up toys after playing (automatically)
Between age 3-4
– Able to button own clothes, pull up zip of pants or jumper
-Help to set table ( placing forks, spoons, knives on dining table )
– Help to empty waste paper basket
-Make his own bed
– Put dirty laundry into the washing machine
Between age 5-6
– Help mop the floor
-Help to sweep the floor ( minor sweeping)
– Help to fold handkerchief, towels and T-Shirts
-Help to pick up dry leaves or grass cuttings, put into wheel barrow
– Help to find grocery items ( simple items that he knows)
-Help to crack eggs into bowl
-Help to stamp out cookies
-Clear away plates and cutlery items after meal
-Wipe the table
-Buy things using adequate money given ( on his own )
Between Age 7-8
At this age, your child is capable enough to handle more labor chores but he may rant and whine because at this age, he is prone to watching TV and obsessed with computer online games.
Guide your child to take responsible of his duties, then allow him to continue with his own shcedule after the job is done.
This is far better than rewarding him with money or food.
-Vacuum the floor
-Take out trash
-Help to prepare ingredients in the kitchen before cooking
-Use water hose to water the garden plants
-Wash his own school shoes
– Hang out clean laundry, keep dry laundry, fold laundry, keep laundry
– Wash dirty dishes after meal ( not everyday, take turns with other siblings)
-Wipe the table after meal
-Help with preparing the batter for cookies and cakes with mom
-Learn to shape and roll up dough, glaze the cookies with eggwash
-Sewing torn clothes with simple stitching
-Make greeting cards with recycle items ( with parents / older siblings help)
-Fry sunny side up egg with older sibling supervision
-Able to push shopping cart
-Able to find grocery items by reading the grocery list
-Able to help dad by washing the car
If you succeed in keeping tab on good family bonding with your children as they grow older, your children would help you with the household chores obligingly without hesitation or asking for rewards.
Remember to categorize the household chores as acording to your child abilities.
Do not force him to learn difficult tasks that is beyond his limits.
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Yes, children are the source of help for parents at home and out of home but the children should be obedient otherwise the children add sorrows for parents.
But the age increasing the children demands change they add charm in parents life but in teenage the children should be treated carefully it is age in which most of the children fall prey to bad habits that make problems for parents in future permanently.
Children should be taught to consult in any problem so that they could be parents'friend and thus their half problems may be decreased anon. Keep in mind children are the labor of parents' soul. Children are pleasure in childhood, support in the young age and in old age they are companions for the parents.
When my little brother was three years old also he showed interest in what we the older ones used to do in the house but we wouldn't allow him cos he might get injured. But he always proved stubborn and still wanna do it. This made us beat him so as to make him stay clear.
There are house chores that matches with children's ages. You can't give a chore of ten year old child to a four year old child and you can't give a 14 year old a chore meant for a twenty year old adult. When this happens we tend to call it child abuse.
When you give a kid those simple chores he can do, he derives joy from doing it because he will to an extent take it as a child's play.
Chores kid can do include :
Cleaning the table after each meal.
Going to the next door shop to buy something.
Preparing everything for cooking and get them ready.
Sewing their clothes manually not with the use of machine.
Swipping their rooms to their test.
Washing their undies
Getting their clothes ready for parents to wash or be the ones to download the clothes into the washing machine.
When I say kid I mean children from 6 to 12 years.
Fetching drinking water from the tap with their water bottle and so on.
They should not go on an errand to far places, they shouldn't fetch water with heavy containers, they shouldn't carry any heavy loads on their heads and they shouldn't do the cooking. This is termed child abuse if they should do any of them.
Giving children chores that matches their age will make them grow gradually and do things and also think according their age.
When you make a child do what is meant for an adult, he begins to think he's an adult and that really will affect his growth and development.