What type skills are taught doing house chores?

amother

Wed, Jul 17 2024, 1:37 pm

What kind of skills should kids be taught. Such regarding houshold chores,cleaning the room, cleaning up after oneself. Especially kids that lack executive function skills? Also how do you teach kids that their is a problem in the first place. When the child has their own impractical creative or lazy solution to the problem?

Please provide advice and specific examples.

My child told me the easiest housework for them is taking out the garbage. This was on the condition I take it out of the can and leave it at the front door for them making sure it doesn't leak. Once it leaked and I didn't realize till we had a bunch of flies over. To solve the problem, the next time the garbage leaked my childbl quickly through the garbage to leak all over the can . And sprayed bleach on the spot so flies won't smell the garbage. The child usually is too lazy to clean up the garbage and finds it an unimportant problem. Meanwhile I'm pulling my hair out.

12 year old dd comes home hot from a long camp day. Sits down to read a book. Says she's too hot to hang up her clothes. She brings her book to the dinner table I tell her I'm not responsible for her getting the book dirty. Next child a young kid follows. And I have enough a d take the book away from both kids. She feels I nag her to much. After dinner she forgets about her swim clothes. Reminds herself the next morning. She complains she only has 1 swimsuit (financial reasons) this wouldn't happen if she had 2 (in my opinion hardwr for her to keep track of)

amother

Beige

Wed, Jul 17 2024, 2:18 pm

amother OP wrote:

2. Daughter should have to deal with having a damp swimsuit the next day if she didn't put it out to dry. Not your problem.

There could be a "no reading at the table" rule, that is fair. It is also fair to tell the younger kid "Sarah can read at the table because she can do it without spilling", whatever you prefer, you're the parent.

1. Child should remove trash from can, if it leaks, that is 100% on him to clean. If he doesn't clean a leak properly, he deserves whatever consequence there is for not doing a chore.