How much time does your HS kid. spend on chores each day?

[Anonymous]

Wow! That is completely unacceptable! Children should spend 3 hours minimum helping around the house! It is their responsibility to keep the house running! Shame!

[Anonymous]

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Taking plates to sink, cleaning room, making bed, taking out trash are not chores.

[Anonymous]

Usually none on weekdays. On weekends he helps rake or do dishes or clean, depending on what we need. He is gone for 12 hr days on weekdays and then has homework so there’s not time.

[Anonymous]

My high school Junior gets home at 3 pm and leaves for swimming at 4. Gets home between 7-8 pm. Sometimes has morning practice too so he’s up at 4:30 am. Tons of homework.

At this point almost no chores. I wash and iron his clothes and put on hangers. He moves them to his closet and tidies up his room for cleaning lady when needed.

He’s just too busy for any chores. Zero time unless he skips his 4-5 hours of sleep l.
I’m considering pre chewing his food at this point to save him some time. 😜

[Anonymous]

Not enough. He does his own laundry and is supposed to keep his room clean. The clean room doesn’t ever happen, but at least once a week he brings down trash and water bottles and vacuums. He also wipes down the bathroom weekly and walks the dog here and there. During the summer he often mows the lawn but he’s paid for that so I’m not sure that counts.

[Anonymous]

My kids don’t do chores. They are expected to feed the dog, empty the dishwasher and tidy their shared bathroom if I ask. The housekeeper does laundry, cleans bathrooms, changes sheets, etc.

[Anonymous]

half an hour/day during the week, hourish/day on Saturdays. Sundays are off for all of us (beyond the usual "your bed made, your room tidy" personal work)

[Anonymous]

We don't really have a "chores" mentality. Some of the things my kids do as habit might be considered chores though. Their bathroom is always tidy, they do their own laundry (though I iron the dress shirts), they are responsible for their own rooms and taking out the recycling, trash, and compost, pitch in daily to care for pets and keep the kitchen clean, help in the yard when we're doing yard work. On weekends, one does dusting and the other does vacuuming, so I guess that is a typical chore. None of it is measured as a time commitment, and schoolwork would come first if it did (pus the crazy amount of time swimming).

[Anonymous]

Not buying this OP your teen has 15-20 min to spare on chores each day. They can learn time management skills for life this way too. Win, win.