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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 14-year old gets her own breakfast and makes her own lunch for school. She can and often does her own laundry. She will sometimes make her own meals on the weekends like scrambled eggs and will spontaneously make things for siblings or parents, but she doesn't prepare dinner for the family on a regular basis or anything like that.

My 10-year old does much less. I make her lunches (she fills her water bottle with ice and water) and do her laundry. She will make hot chocolate for herself (in the microwave) and used the toaster oven to make some things, and will heat up soup on the stove. That's about it. She has a friend her age who does extensive baking, so I'm sure my daughter is capable, but hasn't done it on her own yet, although she has helped me.[/quote]

I guess I feel like it's not only about getting kids to participate. To me it just doesn't make sense for a child to make his/her own breakfast. It just seems inefficient. If he/she is going to make breakfast, he/she can make it for everyone! For now, I make everyone's breakfast because I know what we have, and we live on a budget and I don't want to waste food. I also make lunches and dinners. I do plan to have the kids start making dinners, but they will make it for everyone, and will tell me in advance what they want to make so I can include it in the weekly shopping.

That said, I do feel that I need to get them helping more around the house. I just need to figure out which chores are best to offload. I happen to like doing laundry and vacuuming, so I think I'll try to delegate table-setting, washing dishes, dusting, and sweeping under the table. And some cooking, as mentioned above.[/quote]

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