My two boys are now 16 and 11. We have had job rosters for years. I believe in teaching responsibility. My 16yo does all the ironing for me (he refuses to iron shirts and thats ok with me), but does do all the school pants, and any thing else in the basket, he cleans the bathrooms. They take turns on a roster basis on other jobs, emptying dishwasher, garbages, feeding animals, vacuuming and sweeping, mopping floors, picking up after the dog, etc, etc. I wash and dry all our clothes, then fold them into the owners piles. it is then the boys jobs to put away the folding. They are both sent to the local shop for any extras. DH and I will do the shopping (sometimes the boys come with us). The boys pack everything away. They strip and re-make their own beds. The eldest has a night each week that he must cook tea for everyone, the youngest is just starting, so needs bits of help. They both look after their grandparents by mowing and/or gardening with & for them, also with helping out with odd jobs. Both boys will wash our cars (usually takes a money bribe - but seeing as though I can't reach the top of the car I don't mind that). For all these jobs there is no pocket money, although if we have a little spare, we will give them some or buy a dvd or something for them. My 16yo will also babysit for the 11yo when we go out by ourselves. (no money attached) My boys are wonderful (most of the time).

We've had a few problems along the way, and I found that was when they were being paid pocket money for jobs. One way around it was if one refused to do a job, I would sell the job (using the others pocket money) to the other. so if R refused to do a job A could pick up the job and that week he would get an extra dollar in his money, and R would get a dollar less. Didn't take long to work out that it wasn't worth refusing the job.