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Any Chore a Child Can Do, They Should DoMar 28 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line A child should do anything that he is capable of doing. Expand their chores as they get older and let older children pass their chores to younger siblings.
As a mother of three, I have learned that a child needs to assert their independence early on. Young children NEED to feel like they are a part of the family. They need to feel like they contribute to the household. A child as young as two years old can easily pick up dirty clothes, especially their own. A younger child can throw away a diaper, pick up their own toys, learn the proper place for shoes and help cook in the kitchen (this last one must ALWAYS be supervised). My youngest child loves to stir whatever I am cooking, place spaghetti in the boiling water (which I watch very closely!), place everyone's shoes under the stairway. I love watching him clean. My four year old helps only when I urge him to do his chores. He thinks emptying the dishwasher is great because that is my 11 year old's job. So they work together at this task. My 11 year old would rather do it by himself, but he has learned that he can only "give away" a job if he trains the younger ones to "take it away." :o) I am very proud of my 11 year old. He cleans the bathrooms, he cooks, he loads and unloads the dishwasher, mows the yard, and he cleans his own room. Do I have to go behind him to clean it better? Of course I do; he is only 11 years old! However, I do let him know when he has done an extremely good job and I show him how to do the job better next time. I critique him the same way I would want him to critique me, with respect and a low voice. By the time he can clean my entire house, he will move out. Hopefully by then, he will have passed on most of his cleaning skills to his younger brothers.  |
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