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Family
B
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Timmy (10yob)
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Nick (8yob)
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Nathan (6yob)
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Each Morning
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Clean up breakfast
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Make (or help with) breakfast
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Clean up bathroom sink
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Lunch |
Make lunch
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Clean up lunch
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Dustbuster
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Each Dinner
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Check to see if trash needs to be taken out
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Check and clean up videos and computer CDs
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Check for and take out any recycles
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Help with dishes, laundry,
or other chores upon request
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Monday
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Clean, dust, and vacuum room
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Vacuum living room and hall
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Wipe off baseboard heaters
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Tuesday
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Clean bathroom
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Clean glass doors, computer screen
and TV
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Clean entry way floor
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Wednesday
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Dust living room
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Check and organize library books
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Collect trash from all rooms
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Thursday
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Vacuum living room & hall
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Clean, dust & vacuum room
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Wash kitchen chairs
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Friday
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Straighten school shelf
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Straighten school shelf
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Straighten school shelf
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Saturday, Week 1:
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Change sheets (yours and Abbey's)
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Vacuum under furniture cushions
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Wash chalkboard and baseboard
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| Saturday,
Week 2: |
Clean out refrigerator
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Take sheets off beds (yours and Nathan's)
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Help Nick with sheets and stuffed animals
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| Saturday,
Week 3: |
Clean car and van (trash, clean windows, vacuum seats)
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Vacuum around edges of carpet
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Help Timmy with car and van
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| Saturday,
Week 4: |
Clean up shed, outside toys, sweep deck, porch and sidewalks
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Clean door knobs, switch plates, fronts of refrigerator,
stove, dishwasher
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Wipe off washing machine and dryer
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Abbey (4yog) makes her bed, cleans up toys. Upon request: sets
the table, folds washcloths and small towels, helps unload the dishwasher,
and helps with her brothers' chores. All of the children make their
beds and put their laundry away.
Family C
We are a family of 8 and #9 is expected in April, 2001. My husband
and I have been married for 10 years. Daddy is devoted to his children
and family and has dedicated his whole life to us. He works away
from home and is legally blind. Mommy loves being a homeschooling
mom and loves having children. I have some health conditions that
make me "low energy". Our children are:
7yog - an energetic child who needs a lot of productive
work to keep from being destructive.
5yog - fairly easy going child who tires out more easily.
4yog - very easy going child who loves animals and
babies.
3yob - fairly easy going child who is beginning to
want to help Daddy.
2yog - very strong willed, but is the only one who
will do something she feels needs done without being told (and
usually she is a good judge).
11mob - very easy going child who I am hoping stays
that way.
We call chores "jobs" because the children understand
that Daddy has a job to pay for the things the family needs. We
equate the work they do around our home as their job that helps
out the family and helps us all live happily and comfortably. We
break our "jobs" down into several different categories.
The job assignments in these categories are usually very clearly
defined and the children know what is expected of them under each
category.
There are also general expectations that run throughout the day.
Our 3yob is expected to help Daddy as he does maintenance and improvements
on our house. Our 4yog is expected to play with the youngest two
when they need to be out of the way. The older two are expected
to be working on school when they are not doing jobs, unless they
have been given leave to play. Our home is very small and the jobs
need to be done everyday to keep the house from being over run with
disorder and they are expected to do their jobs without complaint
or fuss.
The Morning Jobs:
(to be done first thing upon waking up, before breakfast)
All - get dressed, brush and/or pull back hair
7yog - change litter box, help make breakfast
5yog - make all the beds, clean up girls' bedroom
4yog - feed and water cat, clean up girls' bedroom
The youngest three have no jobs in the morning.
After Breakfast and Lunch:
5yog & 4yog - clear off and wipe tables and chairs,
put tables and chairs away
7yog - clean up highchair, vacuum floor
Usually before lunch we will straighten up the bedrooms and living
room and every one over 15mos old helps.
Laundry: (done usually in the mornings interwoven with
school)
Mommy - I try to do three loads a day which gives me several
linen and allergy control loads during the week
2yog - stack cloth diapers, fold washcloths
3yob - fold kitchen towels and boys' clothes
4yog - fold girls' clothes and bath towels
5yog - fold adult clothes
7yog - put away all the laundry (will also switch over and
start a load on occasion if I can't get to it)
The Afternoon Jobs: (done before Daddy comes home)
7yog - vacuum hall, kitchen, living room, and girls' bedroom
5yog, 4yog, 3yob, & 2yog - straighten up living room,
bedrooms, hall, bathrooms, and kitchen to make it all neat for Daddy
Mommy - dinner
7yog - drinks for dinner
5yog - set up tables and chairs
4yog - silverware
3yob - napkins
The Night Jobs:
(done right after dinner before family time and devotions)
5yog & 4yog - clear off and wipe tables and chairs,
put tables and chairs away
7yog - clean off highchair, set up dishes
Daddy - vacuum kitchen, take out trash
5yog - wash dishes, wash appliances and cabinet fronts
7yog - rinse dishes, wash off countertops
4yog - clean bathroom sinks and vanity, pick up the floor
Outside Jobs:
Daddy - mow the lawn, heavy and hard jobs
Mommy - weedwhip, weed the gardens, pick vegetables, plant,
rake
7yog - weed the lawn, water and pick vegetables, help plant,
rake
5yog - weed the lawn, pick vegetables, help plant, sweep
patios, bag leaves
4yog & 3yob - weed the lawn, help plant, bag leaves
Extra Jobs:
(given for discipline reasons)
- Scrub the bathroom
- Scrub the kitchen
- Scrub the laundry room
- Mop the floor
- Vacuum the house
- Sweep the patios
- Clean out van
- Clean out fridge
Pay Jobs:
(Mommy and Daddy feel these are our jobs but don't have time or
energy so we pay for these jobs)
7yog & 5yog - wash and vacuum van
- Spring/fall cleaning days
- Heavy yard days
- Any extra job that needs to be done NOW and can't wait for an
infraction
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