should a 13 year old be old enough to clean the bathroom?
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Anonymous
| should a 13 year old be old enough to clean the bathroom?? Beside her complaining to her friends about it, is there anything wrong with it? She gets a $10 dollars allowance a week, we also get her "toys" from 5 below almost weekly, so IMO is not CHILD Abuse |
Anonymous
| Just make sure she or he does it properly and uses environmentally friendly products |
Anonymous
| Definitely old enough to clean the bathroom. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely! My 10- and 12-year olds started cleaning their bathrooms during the pandemic when we stopped having the house cleaners come. Totally appropriate for them to be able to do it at that age. |
Anonymous
| Mine does it. I’ve had to train and re-train her a few times, and she doesn’t do the best job ever, but it’s adequate for the kids’ bathroom. Gotta start somewhere. |
Anonymous
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Of course a 13 year old is capable of cleaning a bathroom. Kids doing chores around the house is appropriate. I know that different families have different approaches, but I was raised that everyone who lives in a home pitches in to take care of cleaning.
Who said it was child abuse??? |
Anonymous
| Yes. They are old enough. They may not do it up to your standards but it’s not child abide (wtf?!). |
Anonymous
abuse |
Anonymous
she did when she was talking to her friends........ |
Anonymous
| um....yes, they are old enough. your child is spoiled, OP |
Anonymous
| Of course. Also developmentally appropriate for a 13yo to complain about it to friends. |
Anonymous
LOL I figured! Tell her to get scrubbing 
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Anonymous
Not only does she get to clean her bathroom, but she should also help clean the kitchen and take the trash out. |
Anonymous
| I have my 8 year old (consistently) and 6 year old (less consistently) dusting with a wet paper towel about once or twice a month. I ask 8 to wipe the countertop maybe about once a month. For some reason they usually love doing it. Toilet/shower/sink cleaning I do myself on an as-needed basis for their bathrooms, mainly because I know they will do a piss-poor job, but also cleaning products probably aren't great for young kids to be around? However, I plan on phasing in those in at some point. Likely sink first, then tub, then toilet. Right now, I only care they take *some* responsibility so that it will be easier to add on to that in the future. |
Anonymous
| This is a troll. |