Age Appropriate Chores And House Work, in your opinion what is enough Options

[depressed lonely...]

In your opinion what is a reasonable amout of house work for a child or tenager to do.
is it dependant on age and how much money there is in the family?
Do you think extra chores should result in extra pocket/spending money? And shoyld there be a base amount of household chores done by everyone which you don't get paid to do but which if you don't your pocket money should be docked?


all this is brought up by the fact that my siblings(age 10 and14) do no house hold chores don't go to school and don't have activitys or friends to visit, whereas my mother does house work in addition to going to work 1-3 days a week and I do alot (possibly more than mum cos I'm a neat freak) when I have TAFE 5 days a week.

To me it seem unfair that they sit around all day with nothing to do but sleep late eat and watch TV but they don't clean up the messes they make and they certainly don't do anything helpfull.

I consider this unreasonable and lazy.
My mother brings up the fact that they're only 10 and 14 but reality is I did more than kirk does at 10 than he does at 14.

I am as such trying to get an outside opinion on wheather expecting things like washing ,washing up, putting away, feeding the animals tidying comunal living areas assistance with preparing meals and cleaning their own rooms is too much to expect of people their age.

And if possible at what age you think a level of contribution is fair.

[Faerieryn]

OK question number one: Why don't they go to school? If they are being home schooled then they should be in fact doing something constructive with their time. If not then technically speaking I believe that social services can get involved and go grr at your parents (at least I think so. I'm in england, I don't know the actual law over with you guys)

Question number two: Have you spoken to your siblings about this? Maybe they don't realise how much extra work they are creating for your mother? Maybe they are just being lazy? You don't know until you ask them!

Question number three: Why don't you make a list of everything you did at home when you were 10 and a list of what your siblings are supposed to do. Usually if confronted with paper evidence people are more likely to listen.

When I was a teenager I had to do simple things: Keep my own personal space tidy, lay the table for dinner and do the washing up occasionally. Not a lot I know but unlike most people I wasn't given pocket money or any other sort of bribe I was just expected to do it, and I did.