My Daughters are almost 13 and 10 y/o. I have been really slack with having them do anything, mainly because my Dad was living here and between us we had everything under control. The girls have a laundry hamper each in their room and it is their job to pick up their dirty clothes and put them in the hamper and when that is full then sort them in the laundry. They also make their beds and hopefully keep their rooms tidy...more often than not, I end up helping them but we have just dejunked the eldest room, so hopefully she will manage to keep it clean.

They also help out with vacuuming, loading the dishwasher, putting away dishes. Tayla is in charge of making mashed potato, when we have it. I am slowly teaching them both some sort of cooking skills. They both love helping in the garden, used to be my Dads domain, but they see that as a way of connecting with him now that he has passed away.

Basically most of the things the girls will have a go at. They have their favourites but usually they prefer me to do it all. I mainly leave it up to them to offer and they usually do something.

I know that my sister never had to do anything while she was growing up, and I mean nothing, my mother did it all for her. She has had a really hard time learning to do everything and still has no idea on how to do most of it, especially cooking. So I would really like my kids to learn how to do things now so that they are not in that situation, but I do not force them to do everything, its really up to them.