By contrast, the chores a 12-year-old would be best at are more involved, such as operating appliances and cleaning entire rooms. Use this list of chores as a guideline when creating age ...

As our kids get old enough to pick up after themselves and then are able to help with more tasks around the house, we can begin to make daily and weekly chores part of their routine ...

they know they have to complete their chores. They are used to it at this point. My now 11-year-old daughter doesn’t require many reminders at all anymore. My 8-year-old son requires a bit more ...