Lol. My thought was that if anything she would be too old. But if it's needed then I don't see why you can't use it.

It's another thing I would suss her out on. I know I keep saying to talk to her about it But I feel that she might benefit from having some input into things, and it might make her much more receptive to it. It's harder to argue about doing the dishes when you have agreed that it's fair, or even better, when you've chosen that particular chore.

We had a deal struck here the other week that DS1 would do the kitchen jobs & DD1 would do the bathroom & washing jobs. It has worked in her favour so far, she keeps putting it off - but last night I was able to say to her 'this isn't fair, you agreed to this, time to pick your act up' - and she went & tidied & cleaned the entire bathroom. So that was a win