Chores by age
What a child can genuinely manage, year by year.
Age appropriate chores chart (2 to 12)
What a child can manage at each age, what to wait on, and what actually changes at that stage.
Chores for a 6 year old
What a six-year-old can genuinely do on their own, what they cannot yet, and why the first chore should be one you do beside them.
Chores for a 7 year old
Seven is when school stops being all play and a child can hold a two-step instruction. What changes, and the first chore they can do without you in the room.
Chores for a 9 or 10 year old
By nine, chores stop being about the job and start being about the relationship. Negotiation, fairness, siblings, and what to hand over before secondary school.
Chores for an 8 year old
At eight the problem stops being capability and becomes reliability. What an eight-year-old can be trusted with alone, and why the arguments start here.