Looking for ways to give your teenager more responsibility? Help them mature by giving your teens chores, having high expectations for student homework and encouraging them to engage in community service opportunities.
Use this sample chore contract as an example of what to draw up when working on getting your child to agree to chores. Stick with it and work together to help your child develop responsibility and help out more at home.
Your middle schoolers have reached a great age: chores around the house should be a given. Expand their family responsibility by giving them tasks to do inside and outdoors.
Teens’ chores are a great way to help your high school student balance responsibility and prepare for life away from home. Here is a chore list for kids of high school age—including those at home, outdoors, and behind the wheel of a car.
Here’s a complete guide for setting up a household chores list and getting children of all ages to take responsibility for age-appropriate chores.
One mom’s story about how the word “chore” was a four-letter word and when it came to chores for kids, caring for pets was not considered one – but instead it was a privilege.