Comments on: You Asked For It: Our Chore List

By: heather

heather — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:02:49 +0000

I am appreciating all the useful information you have shared about scheduling and such. Thanks! I can’t figure out how your daughter makes bread or granola in only 45 minutes….when I look at MOTH and other information food prep times are so minimal…It always takes us much longer even with a menu. How does it work at your house and where do you fit in freezer meals like I read on a different post, browning 80 pounds of burger?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:02:18 +0000

Ty! What an encouragement to me! I took your chore list and modified it for our family. Mommy now only has her own bathroom to clean, less laundry, making crockpot lunches, teaching kids to cook and plan breakfast, and Learning to spend more time reading and cuddling her littles!

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:05:01 +0000

Hi Lisa,

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus”

No, you’re not a bad mom and no, it’s not too late to start, but it doesn’t mean that you won’t be tired and grumpy (’cause I still am).

I think that it will be beneficial for you and for your kids. Enjoy the journey and be prepared for lots of training and some yucky toilets! (Oh, I often scrub ours once a week because that bothers me too.)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:47:52 +0000

Wow! So inspiring! I thought my kids did a lot, but now I see they need to do more! My kids are 14,13,11,7,4,and 2. I still do all the laundry (my 14 year old does her own) fold it and put it away, cook all the meals,clean all the bathrooms and do a ton of prep to teach school. I know I’ve messed up in not teaching them do more, but I would rather do it myself and see it clean and sparkling, then teach my 8 year old to scrub toilets…I know, bad mommy! Is it too late too start? Mommy is tired and grumpy!

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:08:05 +0000

LOL, no. There are a lot more household chores to be done than what is on this list. I do all of the deep cleaning and laundry. I also do most of the child care chores and school scheduling and planning.

If you’ve worked alongside children, you know that a lot of work goes into teaching them to work diligently and accomplish their work up to a reasonable standard. I often work with the children to keep them on task and remind them what is expected of them.

We work together and play together as a family.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:28:45 +0000

Hi there! I can’t even remember the trail of posts that led me to this one, but I like it! I DO have a have question, though…
…since so many of the children are doing the house chores, this means that you are not. Do your children ever fuss about you “getting out of” doing chores, or generally upset because they feel that they are doing “all” the work, and you aren’t?

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By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:36:11 +0000

That’s a great question. I think that whenever work is involved things will get tiring. So even if each child was doing a different chore each day of the week they would still eventually get tired, although admittedly it may take them longer to reach that point.

I talk a little about why we choose to not rotate chores in this post.

Also, even though we don’t rotate chores every day or even every week. We do listen to our children when they ask to be given different chores. As long as they have been faithful in their given tasks they may request a chore switch. We don’t let them switch every week, but every few months you can expect to see some type of shift in what everyone is doing.

Keep up the great work with your baby. (Yes, she’s still a baby.

By: thesleepyknitter

thesleepyknitter — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:03:34 +0000

Hi, Kimberly! I’m assuming your server alerts you when someone comments on an old post? I found these chore links through yesterday’s posts on the Beehive reader. Two things I would like to start doing with our 2.5 yr. daughter are teaching her chores and teaching her to memorize Scripture (my friend’s SIL has a blog for that, http://mothersbible.typepad.com/blog/, that I hope to start using immediately). Right now, K’s only daily chore is picking up her spilled Cheerios, a task she resists with admirable force, but I think we could start her on some of the items you mentioned in your children’s chore list. One question I would have about your list is how do the children react to having the same chore every day? For instance, does A get tired of being the breakfast maker, day after day?

By: Kimberlyb

Kimberlyb — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:01:40 +0000

You just stay laying down and keep that baby healthy. lol, I can’t wait to see pics of your newest gift. I will wait and argue with them for now. lol.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:36:31 +0000

This is a great question, do you mind if I wait until I can get up a post about this? It may be a while. If you’d prefer a “now” answer, I will give you a quick one.

By: Kimberly B

Kimberly B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:40:12 +0000

My girls have the mistaken impression that they should get paid for doing thier chores, OK I confess that was the way we started out but no due to money constraints we can’t do that. I need sugesstions on how to change it from being paid to do chore to doing chores hapily with a smile not an argument.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:15:49 +0000

You are amazing! Maybe you could come and live with us for a few weeks and get my kids all trained up. Hee Hee. I have three from 4-10 yrs. Love your site.

By: Mama Mirage (Jessica)

Mama Mirage (Jessica) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:17:09 +0000

ROFL at the baby’s “chores.” I have a 1 year old who also thinks it his duty to clean the floor under the table after mealtiumes.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:34:56 +0000

wow! This is amazing. My children are still so young, it seems like we will never get to the point of having more than 1 child able to help me. Though, I have made it a point that they always help. . . It’s just never been organized.

I also have read managers of their chores, and I want to implement the ‘chore packs’ or at least the idea of them. I’m just having trouble deciding what to include and where. I am *NOT* a morning person, I hit full steam after lunch. haha. Makes the morning chores difficult for mom to push. lol.

Thank you so much for sharing! I too have a banner with my children at the top of my blog, I promise I didn’t copy though. haha. )

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:32:39 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! My girls read it with me and were quite excited about trying to do many of these things themselves. My oldest girls (8 1/2, 7) have been learning to cook more on their own the past few months and are able to help with more involved chores, but they want to do more. They have asked to help with putting our Managers of Their Chores program together. I look forward to raising daughters who are able to take care of their homes and families with the skills they have learned and developed as such young ladies.

By: miss mary

miss mary — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:37:15 +0000

you really have everything in order. you are really organized. I never had to do anything when I was growing up. Clean my room (if I wanted a little)
So in turn I really never made my kids do anything either. but as they got older I did require a little help.
Thanks for sharing..
Hugs and God Bless

By: Smockity Frocks

Smockity Frocks — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:55:37 +0000

Thank you for this. I am about to rework our chore chart and this gives me a few new ideas.

By: Heather McFadden

Heather McFadden — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:28:11 +0000

Wow! I see that I have a long way to go… great job! I’m inspired! Thanks.

By: Roan

Roan — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:36:19 +0000

Love it! Love it! Love it!
My children do a similar amount of chores. Many hands make the work light! Isn’t that so true? Thanks for sharing your chore list.

By: Cardamoms Pod

Cardamoms Pod — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:52:51 +0000

Thanks, Kimberly! I was thinking of calling you to chat about chores, since I’m *so* close to having it all written down… We all know what to do, most know how to do it, but just having it written on a list so *I* don’t have to remember it all the time really works. We have the table and kitchen chores down – it’s just that cleaning time that’s been difficult to get organized. Thanks again!