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[quote=Anonymous]Here are some basic chores and self care I reinforce for my 8 year old:

- Tidying her room. When it gets very messy I will help because I know it gets overwhelming, but I expect small messes to be cleaned up by her and will also remind her to do periodic tidying specifically to avoid it getting overwhelmingly messy.

- Folding and putting away clothes. I still do her laundry but she mostly folds and puts it away. When she's very busy with schoolwork I will fold it for her but then leave it on her bed to put it away. She is also responsible for making sure her dirty clothes go in the hamper and the hamper goes in the laundry room when full.

-Setting table and clearing her dishes after meals. Now that she's tall enough to use the sink without dragging out a stool, we are also asking her to rinse off her plate and put it in the dishwasher.

- Making bed most days (I'm not a stickler about this during the school year because mornings are sometimes rushed, but I am a stickler in the summer and on weekends).

- Cleaning out backpack at the end of each day, tossing any trash, putting lunch box where it needs to go to be ready for the next day, etc.

In addition to these daily chores, she also helps DH and I with chores on an as needed basis around the house. Like she often helps with dinner prep or baking, will help me collect and move laundry around, and helps with yard work by sweeping surfaces or collecting clippings or weeds and putting them in the yard refuse bins.

Regarding self care, she mostly showers alone, though I do her shampoo and supervise rinsing it out on wash days. I tried having her do it but she was just missing a lot and the result was dandruff from shampoo she failed to rinse out, or just unevenly cleaned hair. I'll try again in 6 months to see if she can do it on her own -- sometimes I try to assign something to her and realize she still just doesn't have the size or dexterity for it, but you have to keep trying until it clicks.[/quote]

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