At what age should i give my children chores?
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I have a seven year old girl who does not have any set chores. She does help if i ask for it but my husband thinks she should be able to do the whole living room by herself. He even says she could probably do the dishes!?! Also I have a three yr old Girl who does no cleaning at all. I thought about making a star chart for them both. What kind of chores do you think they are ready for?
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My kids started doing (age appropriate) chores as soon as they were able to pick something up by themselves. I think it is important to teach a kid from day one that if you get something out, you have to put it away. Here are some ideas of what your kids can help with:
Little ones cannot have "chores" because they cannot be expected to remember to do tasks on their own, nor should they be expected to do tasks without supervision. However, with you giving specific directions, they should learn to pick up after themselves:
Put toys in toy box
Put own dirty clothes in laundry
Put dishes (plastic only!) in sink
Help Mom make bed
Empty small garbage cans throughout the house
And other small, simple tasks throughout the house. Remember, no tasks should take more than a few minutes at this age because they do not have the attention span. Also, try to make it a game: see how quickly we can pick up the toys before lunch, etc. At this age, we also made doing these kind of chores part of the way we marked time throughout the day: We picked up our toys before lunch, before nap, and before bath time. We had "chore time" where we "dusted" (I'd give them a wet rag and let them wipe things while I did the real dusting)...it makes doing chores seem fun.
At 7, a kid can start to take more responsibility, especially for his or her own things. By now, you should NEVER be picking up her things for her, except maybe a seasonal bedroom cleaning to get rid of old clothes and toys we don't play with anymore. She should also be making her own bed (not putting on the fresh sheets, but straightening the blankets in the morning), and taking care of her own dirty clothes (turning them all right side out and putting them in the laundry). She can also help fold some of the clean laundry, especially towels, and mating socks. She can also deliver clean clothes to the rooms they belong in. She can help set the table...putting out silverware and napkins. She can also help clear the table and wipe it off. If you have a hand vac, she can do some of the small vacuuming in corners that are hard to reach. She isn't ready to do dishes yet...she's not tall enough, nor does she have the manual dexterity to handle wet dishes without dropping them. She also doesn't have the ability to notice small details like spots of food stuck on dishes. She can take the garbage outside if it isn't too heavy, and she can help care for pets.
P.S. You'll need to ease her into doing chores, or they will seem more like "chores" than like "fun, big girl responsibilities". You don't want to overwhelm her, you'll have a lifetime of fighting about helping out that way. Get her in a steady habit of doing one of these things (setting the table is a good start, kids love doing that) and when she gets the hang of it, start her on something else. I wouldn't think at 7 she should have more than say 3 daily responsibilities (not including taking care of her own room and things...that isn't a chore, that's an obligation we all have).
My kids started doing (age appropriate) chores as soon as they were able to pick something up by themselves. I think it is important to teach a kid from day one that if you get something out, you have to put it away. Here are some ideas of what your kids can help with:
Little ones cannot have "chores" because they cannot be expected to remember to do tasks on their own, nor should they be expected to do tasks without supervision. However, with you giving specific directions, they should learn to pick up after themselves:
Put toys in toy box
Put own dirty clothes in laundry
Put dishes (plastic only!) in sink
Help Mom make bed
Empty small garbage cans throughout the house
And other small, simple tasks throughout the house. Remember, no tasks should take more than a few minutes at this age because they do not have the attention span. Also, try to make it a game: see how quickly we can pick up the toys before lunch, etc. At this age, we also made doing these kind of chores part of the way we marked time throughout the day: We picked up our toys before lunch, before nap, and before bath time. We had "chore time" where we "dusted" (I'd give them a wet rag and let them wipe things while I did the real dusting)...it makes doing chores seem fun.
At 7, a kid can start to take more responsibility, especially for his or her own things. By now, you should NEVER be picking up her things for her, except maybe a seasonal bedroom cleaning to get rid of old clothes and toys we don't play with anymore. She should also be making her own bed (not putting on the fresh sheets, but straightening the blankets in the morning), and taking care of her own dirty clothes (turning them all right side out and putting them in the laundry). She can also help fold some of the clean laundry, especially towels, and mating socks. She can also deliver clean clothes to the rooms they belong in. She can help set the table...putting out silverware and napkins. She can also help clear the table and wipe it off. If you have a hand vac, she can do some of the small vacuuming in corners that are hard to reach. She isn't ready to do dishes yet...she's not tall enough, nor does she have the manual dexterity to handle wet dishes without dropping them. She also doesn't have the ability to notice small details like spots of food stuck on dishes. She can take the garbage outside if it isn't too heavy, and she can help care for pets.
P.S. You'll need to ease her into doing chores, or they will seem more like "chores" than like "fun, big girl responsibilities". You don't want to overwhelm her, you'll have a lifetime of fighting about helping out that way. Get her in a steady habit of doing one of these things (setting the table is a good start, kids love doing that) and when she gets the hang of it, start her on something else. I wouldn't think at 7 she should have more than say 3 daily responsibilities (not including taking care of her own room and things...that isn't a chore, that's an obligation we all have).
How old were the brady bunch kids?
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How old were the characters of the brady bunch kids?
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In 1974 during the show's final season, the producers decided to add a younger character, Cousin Oliver (Robbie Rist), since the Brady children were now all 12 or older (Barry Williams was 19 during the show's final season) and a lot of the fifth season was aimed towards Greg going to college. In the episode in which Oliver was introduced ("Welcome Aboard"), Carol explains that her brother—Jack Tyler, Oliver's father—took a four-month engineering assignment in a South American jungle where there would be no schools. He was taking his wife, Pauline, with him and Oliver couldn't go.
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Origins
In 1965, following the success of his TV series Gilligan's Island, Sherwood Schwartz conceived the idea for The Brady Bunch after reading an article in the Los Angeles Times that said "40% of marriages [in the United States] had a child or children from [a] previous marriage." He instantly set to work on a pilot script, called Yours and Mine, and passed it around the "big three" television networks of the era. ABC, CBS and NBC all loved the script, but each network wanted changes to it before they would commit to filming it. Schwartz felt that his script was perfect, and although he had the interest of all three networks in America, he decided to shelve it.[1]
Despite the similarities between the series and the 1968 theatrical release Yours, Mine and Ours starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, the original script for The Brady Bunch pre-dated the script for the film. However, the success of the film was likely a factor in ABC's eventually ordering the series.
[edit] Plot
Mike Brady (Robert Reed), a widowed architect with sons Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby (Mike Lookinland), married Carol Martin (née Tyler) (Florence Henderson), whose daughters were Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). The daughters took the Brady surname. Schwartz wanted Carol to have been a divorcée. The network objected to this, but a compromise was reached whereby no mention was made of the circumstances in which Carol's first marriage ended, but many assume she was widowed. The newly-formed juvenile sextet, parents Carol and Mike, Mike's live-in housekeeper Alice (Ann B. Davis), and the boys' dog Tiger settled into a large, suburban home designed by Mike.
Often erroneously cited as the first series to show a "blended" family (two series which debuted in the 1950s, Make Room For Daddy and Bonanza, had step-siblings and half-siblings respectively), it came at a time when divorce and remarriage in America was seeing a surge. Episodes in the first season chronicled the family learning to adjust to its new circumstances and become a unit, as well as typical childhood problems such as dating, rivalries and family squabbles and the fact that their house had two bedrooms for six children.
Subtle references to larger social problems found their way into the dialogue from time to time. In one social-issue episode, season two's "The Liberation of Marcia Brady," Marcia explores the oppression of the Brady women and sets out to prove a girl can do anything a boy can. The boys find this very upsetting and Peter finds himself joining the Sunflower Girls, Marcia's club, in hopes of making her back down from her 'bad idea'.
Mike did much of his architectural work in an office/design studio within the house, an apparent way of lending some realism to the way in which sitcom dads seem to be almost always at home while nonetheless earning a good living. In the episodes where he was shown in his away-from-home office, he often came home from work about the same time the children got home from school.
The theme song penned by Schwartz quickly communicated to audiences that the Bradys were a blended family, though the situation largely was deemphasized from the second season on with a few exceptions. Two episodes from the third season, "Not So Rose Colored Glasses" and "Jan's Aunt Jenny", mention that Mike and Carol had been married for three years. In "Kelly's Kids," reference was made to the Bradys' adoptions ("Either way, you adopted three boys and you adopted three girls, right?") when their neighbors, the Kellys, adopted three boys of different races.
[edit] Original run and subsequent success
Further information: List of The Brady Bunch episodes
In 1971, due to the success of the Brady's ABC Friday night companion show The Partridge Family (about a musical family), some episodes began to feature the Brady Kids as a singing group. Though only a handful of shows actually featured them singing and performing ("Dough-Re-Mi" in the third season, "Amateur Nite" in the fourth and "Adios, Johnny Bravo" in the fifth), the Brady Bunch began to release albums. Though they never charted as high as the Partridges, the cast began touring the United States during the summer hiatus from the show, headlining as The Kids from the Brady Bunch. Although only Barry Williams a
In 1974 during the show's final season, the producers decided to add a younger character, Cousin Oliver (Robbie Rist), since the Brady children were now all 12 or older (Barry Williams was 19 during the show's final season) and a lot of the fifth season was aimed towards Greg going to college. In the episode in which Oliver was introduced ("Welcome Aboard"), Carol explains that her brother—Jack Tyler, Oliver's father—took a four-month engineering assignment in a South American jungle where there would be no schools. He was taking his wife, Pauline, with him and Oliver couldn't go.
HOPE THIS HELPS
Origins
In 1965, following the success of his TV series Gilligan's Island, Sherwood Schwartz conceived the idea for The Brady Bunch after reading an article in the Los Angeles Times that said "40% of marriages [in the United States] had a child or children from [a] previous marriage." He instantly set to work on a pilot script, called Yours and Mine, and passed it around the "big three" television networks of the era. ABC, CBS and NBC all loved the script, but each network wanted changes to it before they would commit to filming it. Schwartz felt that his script was perfect, and although he had the interest of all three networks in America, he decided to shelve it.[1]
Despite the similarities between the series and the 1968 theatrical release Yours, Mine and Ours starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, the original script for The Brady Bunch pre-dated the script for the film. However, the success of the film was likely a factor in ABC's eventually ordering the series.
[edit] Plot
Mike Brady (Robert Reed), a widowed architect with sons Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby (Mike Lookinland), married Carol Martin (née Tyler) (Florence Henderson), whose daughters were Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). The daughters took the Brady surname. Schwartz wanted Carol to have been a divorcée. The network objected to this, but a compromise was reached whereby no mention was made of the circumstances in which Carol's first marriage ended, but many assume she was widowed. The newly-formed juvenile sextet, parents Carol and Mike, Mike's live-in housekeeper Alice (Ann B. Davis), and the boys' dog Tiger settled into a large, suburban home designed by Mike.
Often erroneously cited as the first series to show a "blended" family (two series which debuted in the 1950s, Make Room For Daddy and Bonanza, had step-siblings and half-siblings respectively), it came at a time when divorce and remarriage in America was seeing a surge. Episodes in the first season chronicled the family learning to adjust to its new circumstances and become a unit, as well as typical childhood problems such as dating, rivalries and family squabbles and the fact that their house had two bedrooms for six children.
Subtle references to larger social problems found their way into the dialogue from time to time. In one social-issue episode, season two's "The Liberation of Marcia Brady," Marcia explores the oppression of the Brady women and sets out to prove a girl can do anything a boy can. The boys find this very upsetting and Peter finds himself joining the Sunflower Girls, Marcia's club, in hopes of making her back down from her 'bad idea'.
Mike did much of his architectural work in an office/design studio within the house, an apparent way of lending some realism to the way in which sitcom dads seem to be almost always at home while nonetheless earning a good living. In the episodes where he was shown in his away-from-home office, he often came home from work about the same time the children got home from school.
The theme song penned by Schwartz quickly communicated to audiences that the Bradys were a blended family, though the situation largely was deemphasized from the second season on with a few exceptions. Two episodes from the third season, "Not So Rose Colored Glasses" and "Jan's Aunt Jenny", mention that Mike and Carol had been married for three years. In "Kelly's Kids," reference was made to the Bradys' adoptions ("Either way, you adopted three boys and you adopted three girls, right?") when their neighbors, the Kellys, adopted three boys of different races.
[edit] Original run and subsequent success
Further information: List of The Brady Bunch episodes
In 1971, due to the success of the Brady's ABC Friday night companion show The Partridge Family (about a musical family), some episodes began to feature the Brady Kids as a singing group. Though only a handful of shows actually featured them singing and performing ("Dough-Re-Mi" in the third season, "Amateur Nite" in the fourth and "Adios, Johnny Bravo" in the fifth), the Brady Bunch began to release albums. Though they never charted as high as the Partridges, the cast began touring the United States during the summer hiatus from the show, headlining as The Kids from the Brady Bunch. Although only Barry Williams a
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