JustMeAndThree
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[quote]"she is responsible for feeding and taking out the dogs"
I have say if I left the feeding of the cats up to the kids they would starve. One day while i was busy and the cat was trying to climb my leg to get me to see the bowl was empty (well almost empty because for some reason they will not eat the last of the food) I yelled for one of the kids to come and feed them and my 13yo yelled back "I just gave them food yesterday!" Well duh! They kind of want to eat every day just like you do. I guess she thinks that between the every two weeks she gives them food they just wait it out? [/quote]
LOL...DD11 is pretty good at doing this, sometimes I have to remind her. As for the cats not eating all their food...it's funny you said that. My mom has 2 cats and neither of them will eat the crumbs in the bowl...that is unless she leaves it. If they get hungry enough they'll eat it. She won't refill it until they eat them...LOL I guess it's a cat thing.
Our new puppy, little mutt that she is, almost got drop kicked out the back door this morning...that stupid little yip yip bark for an hour started to get REALLY Annoying at 7 am when I was trying to sleep :) She may end up sleeping on the back porch from now on.
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JRS
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Reged: 06/25/07
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DS12 - takes out trash, does dishes, mows yard - all as needed - granted we often view 'needed' pretty differently. He is learning though. He also has to make his lunch, keep his stuff out of common areas... though he has more freedom to live in his room how he wants (which is way messier than I could stand - but not as bad as it could be by any means)
DD7,SD6,SS6 - sets the table (gets extra chairs if we're all home), keep their room clean (to my standards), make(7yo)/assist(6yos) with their lunches.
DS12 thinks he gets the short end of the stick - I point out that he gets a lot more bonuses for the more responsibility (later bed time, more computer time, less interference from us, ect.) He's not willing to give up his bonuses and be treated like the younger kids :)
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c_jane
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Reged: 04/06/07
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Loc: In the Great State of Texas
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DS doesn't have many chores at my house. I only have him thursday night & every other weekend. So I do housecleaning every weekend I DON'T have him. And Thursday nights are spent on the MOUNDS of homework he gets.
He does unload the dishwasher for me, but since I only run it once a week that's not very often. He feeds the dogs/cats when I tell him to. Basically his 'chores' consist of whatever needs to be done that I tell him to do at the moment. Like collect the trash, water plants, etc. But every meal he is responsible for rinsing & putting away his dishes in the dishwasher.
At his Dad's house he has a whole LIST of chores: make his bed, put away his clean clothes, make his lunch for school, unload and reload the dishwasher, feed & water the dog/birds/frogs/fish, put away his toys EVERY night, clean the bathroom, collect/take out the trash, & get his Dad/SM their tea as they watch TV. He's 10.5 BTW.
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ssmom79
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Reged: 06/27/07
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My s-kids have lots of chores, they are 10 and 13. They've been doing chores since ages 5 and 8.
Now, we have a chore sheet and each kid does two chores per day. We alternate who pics first. The last chore is always clean the litter box but it works. The kids helped us create the chore list, they are able to decide what their chore is for the day, and at the end of the week they get some money for completing all their chores.
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