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childhood chores
did you have chores that you were expected to do when you were a kid? how old were you when they started, and what did you have to do? did you get an allowance for doing them or did you get one anyway?
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Re: childhood chores
I was doing chores for as long as I can remember, and I did get an allowance. That's how I got my allowance. No chores, no $$, and my parents were very strict about this.
I had to do lots of stuff. Help my dad in the yard picking weeds or raking leaves, clean the bathroom, windex and dust the living room, fold and put away the laundry, go around the house and put away anything that needed to be put away, stuff like that.
Same with me. Allowance for chores. I did a lot of stuff, mainly things like vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning the floor, dusting, some weeds.
My parents were somewhat strict. I forget when we stopped getting an allowance, but at some times they would REALLY enforce it, and then I think the sheer exhaustion of getting 5 kids to do all their chores caused them to give up at some point. We did more in the summer.
My mom did everything and I didn't have any chores. Looking back, I feel bad.
I got money/allowance when I asked for it.
My parents were really bad at enforcing chore duties. Which explains why I'm so bad at keeping up with the cleaning / organizing now. Hee.
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No allowance for me (I know my mom gave my sister money now and then though . . . hmmmmm).
My parents started giving me chores around 3rd grade. Before that, I had to keep my room clean. My Mom would come in my room on Sat. morning when she cleaned the house from top to bottom and anything laying on the floor got thrown out or donated. My other chores were dishes, dusting, mopping, sweeping, etc., pretty much everything but laundry. I didn't get an allowance. I was also responsible for babysitting my sister starting around 10 or 11 years old, both my parents worked so during our school breaks it was just me and a 4 year old.
That being said, as an adult I find myself kind of bitter about it. I don't think I should have been exposed to so many chemicals as a child. I wish my Mom had used vinegar on everything! I've always felt that forcing me to take care of my sister at a young age certainly taught me responsibility but I think it was irresponsible on my parents part to leave me with her at such a young age.
I got all of my money from saving up lunch money. It's how I bought my first Disneyland annual pass, CD's, paid for school dances, etc., my parents took me shopping for school clothes at the beginning of the school year so I always had those.
Wow, no wonder I no longer speak to my Mom? Bitter much?
I did all sorts of stuff (vacuuming, dishes, dusting, bathrooms, etc). We actually had a schedule on who was in charge of what. Chores normally lasted the week and rotated. Dishes were the worst. I never got an allowance.
...though, I did get money when I asked for it... sometimes.
I started doing chores when I arrived to the U.S. and reunited with my dad. I was 9. I did everything, except cooking since that was still my mom's territory. These included ironing EVERYONE's clothes on Sunday, even my dad's jeans!! All the while not being allowed to be apart from my little bro for more than 5 feet.
If my dad sees me without a chore, he will find something, like cleaning behind the stove and cabinets...yes, I said behind them.
Allowance, what's that?
In elementary school my only chores were helping with the dusting and cleaning up my room. Once I got to middle school, I was in charge of mowing the lawn and had the occasional baby sitting my sister stint.
Never got an allowance or got paid for doing my chores but if I needed money, I got it..sometimes
My sister and I had to keep our rooms and bathrooms clean. My mom was and still is a clean freak! We had to dust, vacuum, clean windows, mirrors, toilets, make our beds, throw out the trash, etc.
My mom did our laundry, folded and hanged up our clothes and we occasionally washed the dishes (hand wash).
I think DH was astonished when we first moved in together as BF & GF that I had no idea how to do laundry and/or how to work a dishwasher.
My mom felt this was normal because her mom did this for her as well. My mom also felt that as long as we were in school doing well, working part time and didn't cause her trouble she had no problem taking care of the rest of the housework.
We had chores from as early as I could remember, except I really wouldn't call them "chores" as it was just general helping out & taking care of ourselves. When I got my first cat, I did her litterbox, cleaned up after her, did all of her care (including nail trimmings), etc. Once my brother & I were able to identify colors and count, we started doing our own laundry (which helped with the number of sports we both played and uniforms that had to be washed). If we made a mess, we cleaned up. If you took something out, you put it away. We never got paid for what we did, we got money if we needed it & asked (and it was within reason). My mom did most of the basic household items but we'd help out whenever she asked & then we both picked up the pace when she was undergoing treatment for cancer (I was 8, my brother was 6).
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We had neither chores nor allowances.
School was of utmost importance, and we were expected to devote our time to that.?
I am amused that the three people who didn't do chores share the same profession now.
I never had chores. ?I didn't make my own bed for the first time until I moved out of my parent's house. ?Same for laundry.
I got an allowance of $5 a week through junior high, and $20 a week in high school.?
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I didn't even clean my room. My dad would eventually get fed up and throw all my crap out of my closets and around the room onto my bed. I'd shove it off and sleep next to a heap of junk/clothes/books.
College was a rude awakening for me.
No official chores or allowance.
My mom would tell me to do something and sometimes I would. Most of the time I would complain while doing it. DH's little brother and little sister are the exact same way. It's payback, I guess.
Usually, if I asked for something I would get it. Until I got to 16 when I had to get a job. The job lasted less than a year then kinda went back to the same ol' ask and you shall receive up until I moved out.
We spent all of Saturday mornings cleaning as a family. My mom was always trying to get my sister and me to keep our room clean and I remember helping with laundry.My parents got divorced when I was 9 and my mom worked a lot so I was responsible for my meals and laundry from then on. Our house usually wasn't very clean though. When she could afford it I used to get $1 allowance a week.?
When I spent summers with my dad he and my step mom created this system where my sister and I were in charge of all chores (including washing cars and doing yard work), cooking dinner, and baby sitting my step sister all day. We each got paid $20 a week for this. We could get paid more for doing extra things like exercising or taking my step sister out to the park. There was a whole points system involved.?