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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Laundry is 30 min a day?!?

So my secret is that my kids have chores. One empties the dishwasher, one folds clothes and the other vacuums. With all that done I can better stay on top of other things. [/quote]

That sounds right for laundry. Actually getting it clean doesn't take much time at all, but folding and putting away usually takes 20 minutes or so. Or when I wash bedclothes, I consider remaking the beds part of the "laundry" task. Does that seem like too much or too little to you?

I look forward to when my kid is old enough to vacuum and load/unload the dishwasher. Not tall enough yet![/quote]

Hard to say what's normal for laundry, but yeah, 20 minutes a load sounds about right. Spread out over multiple interactions: sorting, moving from washer to dryer, hanging/ folding.

One of my kids' earliest chores was keeping the shoe shelf tidy. It's right there at a 5 year old's level! We generally (though not fanatically) don't wear shoes in the house, and the rack by the door has strong chaos tendencies. It was their job to make sure that shoes were ON the rack (not scattered all throughout the entryway), out-of-season shoes were moved to the upstairs closet, etc. I made a special point of praising them when I came home and it was done. I declined treats if it wasn't done. No anger, no nagging, just "Ice cream is for after chores are done, and it didn't get done today. *shrug* Maybe tomorrow!" [/quote]

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