Nothing wrong with that. I done it when i was that age and it didn’t kill me. It actually taught me alot.
I was doing farm work at the age of 8 so teaching them good work habits will benefit them in the future all my kids had chores to do and they had no phones or video. Games so I say way to go dad most parent feel that their kids dont need to help out but yea they do and at the age of 9 that is not to young to start
From about the age of ten I moved our huge lawn did not hurt me make it their chores but give them an allowance for doing a job
Yes indeed it’s definitely ok! Parents give your children life skills! 100% better than tablet or phone Time
Grew up with fingers in the dirt - taking care of b the yard etc for my Dad was working 2-3 jobs with his epilepsy - we call it Family Team work. 6 of us…male and female did everything around the outside and inside. Builds character. I also had my kids daughters included rake - pull weeds - shovel snow - keep up with the garden. They can bi@@h all they want under their breath - they’re not missing out on what others are doing. Let them help. Actually encourage them to.
So I just had a conversation with my 30yr old son, he was saying how he wishes he would of learned more about chores and taking care of his own place. Cooking cleaning just general life chores. We did have our kids to general chores like cleaning thier rooms making beds helping clean up after thier selves. Our boy did help outside with mowing but not really triming or pulling weeds etc. So we believed it shows the responsibility of being in a family and helping take care of each other. They would make easy frozen pizza, cans of soup, microwave food maybe a hamburger or fry an egg. Now I wish I would of been more strict about more of the everyday skills that they would need in.life on thier own. Don’t regret later not giving them the skills they need to live life on thier own and mostly pride and responsibility!
If you don’t like his decision to mow an weed eat hire someone to do the yard work but they should be helping
nothing wrong with them doing chores. When my kids were that age they were helping doing dishes and laundry as well…feeding the dogs ect. Shows them responsibility and also has them realize that they dont get something for nothing.
Sorry, but Dad is right and if the kids aren’t doing chores in the house too, they need to get started!!
My 13y.o. son has a job mowing lawn and weed eating. Absolutely nothing wrong with them helping!
I would have concerns about the weedeater. But yard work is okay.
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Absolutely. Kids need to do their part. Chores help kids become functioning adults.
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They need to learn what it means to work hard to get what you want. They will become productive citizens of society. As parents we need to raise them up in the way they should go. That’s our job.There is no free ride or hand outs. I started working in the berry fields at 9-10 years old. I earned money to pay for my school clothes. I am so grateful my mom instille these values in me. Now at 57 everything I have is payed for. My home will be paid off by the time I retired. We do not want to raise kids with the right of entitlement by being " Disneyland parent’s or being their friend.
My kids started doing yard work and house work when they were young / when they got older they were glad they were taught how to do things.
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Glad he is teaching them right! Yes the kids should be doing these task. You are crazy for even asking.
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He’s doing a great job teaching the kids to be responsible. Everything in life isn’t always as easy as ‘paying someone else to do it’ kids need some home jobs so the learn some work ethic. Good for him.
If they can operate a tablet they can operate a weed eater and lawnmower. I was raised and raise my kids that we as a family have to work together to keep up our home.
Yes moving @ weed eating is good for kids but to be safe adult needs to be around
Teach them safety and proper use. Give them some allowance. My grandson started mowing very young wearing safety glasses.
I think that your husband is doing a wonderful job teaching your kids how to work and the consequences I’m slacking. They should also helping in the House and cooking. I was running a house at 13 and going to school and I can tell you hard work never hurts anyone. 2 years ago when my youngest was 20 he thanked me for the way he was raised and he said he would raise his children the same way. So just hang in there make sure your children know how to take care of their selves their clothes their home in their food and do a good job for their employer. Teach them to love Jesus because we will be meeting Him sooner than later.
Yes you are wrong. That is awesome for girls and boys builds character and appreciation.
I seem to be the only one here who thinks they are a bit young for this kind of work. Yard work is OK, but these are Electrical tools.
I believe he should have talked with you first, before making this Desision.
You Need to be Happy with this as well or who knows what Else he may decide without your knowledge, No, you both Must agree, they are Still very young.
Good for him. You need some mental help. Group is a great place to start since you like the social media attention. Who the Hell asks total strangers this shit.
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I think all kids should have chores there’s nothing wrong with it at all it teaches them responsibility
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Your children, and you, will be grateful one day that Dad is teaching them responsibility and hard work pays(they get their phones and IPads back). Great guy you gave there.
Instilling work ethic young. Some of us grew up working with big equipment, tractors etc. I personally think it’s a good thing
Not wrong at all. I was mowing yards at ten. Teaches responsibility
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They are definitely not too young! Develop that work ethic young. 
As long as they are supervised…but you should give a little compensation for their time and hard work and make them feel appreciated
I was younger than 13 when I was told to mow the lawn. I used a walk behind push mower. It was a power mower but not self propelled. Nobody supervised me. I just did what I was told to do. Not sure about the 9 year old and the weed eater. Didn’t have weed eaters when I was young.
Your husband is teaching your children survival tactics and responsibility. As long as he supervise all that they do to keep them safe I feel it’s a good thing. My advice Is just make sure that you let them be kids, most important!
Children need to be thought to work so many are not thought the value of working and end up not learning the value of anything
It’s good for them to help out especially if your husband is not able to do it. I was doing it at that age with a friend over the summer to get spending money!!
It’s good they help out. To many parents don’t give their children chores or teach them respect these days. Stand behind your husband on this one.
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Let the kids mow and weed. It is a good responsibility for them.
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All children need to help out around the house. My grandson mows lawns to make his own money. And yes it’s good life skills.
I think.it is fine. Teaching your children to help out,especially your hubby not able to do it.
If parents made kids do a little stuff they would learn that you have to work for what you want. Kids really need a little rules and boundaries
I agree with your husband. I had my children start doing chores at a young age. It teaches responsibility, & a work ethic that will stay with them.
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My 13 year old
Mows our lawn and a few other peoples in the neighborhood. Has been doing ours for a couple years. He did a challenge to complete 50 yards to earn free equipment. Kids doing hardwork is a good thing and you should be proud of them. Dad needs the help and they are capable and it is safe. Maybe this could encourage them to help others in the community too. Look into Raising Men Lawn Care Service Huntsville. This is a wonderful program for kids to volunteer and learn a lot about themselves and their community and be good community members. Be proud they are out there.
I still don’t know how to cut grass. It’s a personal decision. I will never let my kids do it but to each it’s own.
They are not to young. It teaches them responsibility. I make mine do laundry and dishes. He also walks dog’s and feed cats. I give him and allowance now that he is 13. Kid need to learn to help or you end up with kids who expect you to give them everything.
Hard work is an important lesson to learn earlier in life. Plus it’s teamwork, responsibility, and love. I was doing a paper route at 8.
Compared to the fact that at those ages I was taking care of my 5 siblings because my parents worked, yes it’s okay.
I was mowing yards at 9 years old
It took me 4 hours to mow one man’s yard if my mower didn’t break down. It was a push mower. Got $3.50
Sweet & Simple no if you are afraid of your youngest using a weedeater give her a pair of scissors and tell her to go out there and trim
Very good, they are old enough to help out, as long as they are supervised so as not to get over heated, get water breaks and we praised for a job well done, many lessons learned!!!
My 13 year old mows with supervision. I think it’s ok as long as your husband realizes that they will need reminders and supervision!
Hun I grew up on a farm. I was homeschooled. Every morning we had to get the animals fed before we ate breakfast and every afternoon we had to get them fed again before supper. We had chickens, goats, rabbits, cats, dogs, horses, to name the few. We did this, rain or shine, and all the seasons from the age of 6 till 18 when I moved out. We did many other things. Cleaning house, laundry, helped prepare dinner and supper and even worked in the shop or cleaned our dads office. Work ethics are a good thing to teach at any age.
I did that while growing up. No.problem at all
We also cleaned our parent’s rental properties, worked hours in our grocery store and washed the store floor before being able to go to the movies as a high school student. I got paid for the store hours and am proud that I paid for my own University education, saving since I was a sixth grader, age 11. Families are happier when everyone contributes.
No it’s perfectly fine they’re nine and 13 they should be a 13 year old can mow along perfectly fine.
They will grow up to be very responsible adults!!! Let them go! You have a very wise husband!!
Let them earn it. It builds character and great work ethics. I was 12 years old Picking beans and berries. Didn’t kill me! My kids worked at 14 also. Didn’t kill them. All my kids have jobs to this day and don’t sit waiting for some one else to pay there bills.
No not too young better weed eater than on knees with clippers and not a push mower!
I no when I was young I did yard work but kids where different back then I new the ends and outs of mowers and weed eaters we didn’t have phones and tablets we had Sega geniuses and so on I don’t think its bad to have them doing yard work as long as they are capleble of doing the deeds. And you the parent should no best of what the kids are capable of .
It is a good thing to learn how to work hard just look at a person that doesn’t know how to work hard and tell me how you want your daughter’s to be
Not sure about weed eater, but mowing is good for them especially if it means they put their phones and tablets down for a bit.
I think its fine, first they are helping you but they can also make money during the summer.
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your hubby is doing the right thing kids now days dont want to work because they weren’t taught how
I was driving tractor when I was 9 so I SSE nothing wrong with mowind at that age just as long as they are supervised the first time
Won’t hurt them kids in the least I was pushing mower at 8 I’m not 60 and I still mow
nope… good for him to teach work and ethics. You all live there kids too should have chores. just make sure they KNOW HOW TO DO THE WORK SAFELY. wEED EAT WITH GOGGLES.
My son is 10 and has been doing this for 2 years now. Let these kids learn some work ethic!
I mowed grass since I was 9 or 10,my dad also was in a wheelchair since I was 4, my older brother and I took turns doing all the chores while my mom worked, it’s not bad parenting… It’s bringing your kids up knowing that adults need help once in awhile and teaching them that family is more important than a dang phone or Xbox eyc.
It’s perfectly fine for them to do that they teach you some responsibility and what hard work means my son was loan long at the age of 10 he made a bunch of money if they do a good job on your law send them out maybe they can earn some money
Well heck yes there is nothing wrong in having kids help out with yard work, laundry,cooking, I cleaned up every day after school while my mom worked her 6 eight hours a week. That’s the problem will our society. We don’t want to ruffle our sweet children’s feathers… oh please
Your husband is doing the right thing, teaching them to help out around the house. That teaches them work ethic.
Kids are never to young to learn work ethics and how to help around the home. It builds good character and teaches them how to be helpful and smart. Thank your husband for giving them a head start. You will appreciate it when they become teens. Just make sure they understand how to use the tools safely.
You ARE KIDDING RIGHT???
Using vacuum , using washing machine, using oven… ALL DANGEROUS as well!!! Lol
I would think BECAUSE of the Dynamics of your husband and your situation, this work ethic for kiddos should have been in place when your 9 yr old was 7 for MOST of these chores!
Good for dad!!! And cell phones? Lol
No need for them if they’re home safe and don’t need them to CALL YOU. 
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No them kids are young and strong and can do the work plus more besides they probably was addicted to them tablets anyway and needed a break and a lesson in hard work
Lady I was scooping horse manure and pushing the wheel barrow at the age of 7. Your girls should have been helping out a long time ago. Paraplegic husband and your more worried about your girls that are perfectly capable of helping! Oh my goodness! You don’t deserve him.
Yes I also did that as a child, to earn spending money.
With how back technology has rotted the attention spans of our young people, this is just what they needed. He’s unable to do much on his own, you’re working overtime, the kids should be doing some chores to help out the family. Those phones n ipads aren’t cheap, and food only grows outside when taken care of.
It’s long as he’s being supervised than that’s good. My kids do yard work
There is nothing wrong with children learning real life responsibilities.
Not to young! I hate to say it but your husband is right…. 
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I was 1 of 4. I had to do all this plus more same as my brothers. I hated it at the time but thank my dad for it now. I knew and know what hard work is because he pushed us.
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I think there is nothing wrong with it. As long as they stay hydrated on warm days and they are allowed to take breaks if the yard is large.
This is great all children should be doing things like this when they get to that age . Keeps em outta trouble lol
Considering your husband is a paraplegic, I’m shocked you have not stepped in to let your kids know that they should be helping out. Do they not have eyes? Wow!!!
My brother and I had a lawn moving business at 13 and 11. So this seems just fine to me.
I wish I had been taught yard work at a young age. I didn’t learn until I was grown and divorced. My sons were taught at a young age.
Nothing wrong with them helping out at all!!!
I think it’s absolutely the right thing to do. Kids are too irresponsible now. They need chores to teach them not only how to do things but also responsibility. My daughter wanted to go on a class trip that was 450.00, I didn’t just hand her the money. We (I), made candy apples and she set up a booth by a store and sold every single one of those. She made plenty for the trip and spending money. She’s in the Navy now 23 yo, going for officer and she thinks it was great that I taught her nothing in life is free.
Never too young to learn how to be independent, knowledge weighs nothing, physical work is not a punishment, it shows how to do what needs to be done. Kids are not that soft or stupid to not learn how to do tasks, they teach animals to do things, let them learn.
Your over-reacting. They should learn the value of being a helpful part of the family.
I have read through and thought about disabled friends and many of their children did chores as soon as they could walk cleaning up toys, getting parent things buy 3/4 are doing all sorts of jobs to help the parent. Even making Sandwiches for younger siblings and changing their nappiess.
He is absolutely right. The kids are old enough to do yard work. It’s only going to make them stronger people mama.
Please don’t complain. Let father teach them work as long as he doesn’t beat them and force them to be perfect. I taught mine to do their uniform washing, now they don’t have to worry when I send them for boarding school. They know how make their own food. So please just relax, they are his kids he is on the right track. You will love it later.
The answer to your question is yes, you are wrong. My parents only had 3 girls. We did all of that yard work from an early age. It won’t kill your girls and it’s a good experience for them. If they are taught to properly and respectfully use the equipment they will be fine. The younger one may need to be supervised depending on maturity but I think you’ll realize it’s okay.
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I did. Before electric weed eaters. Hand clipped entire perimeter of house and anything else he wanted us to do
No we always did growing up too!
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Not at all … kids now a days think everything is suppose to be given to them without working for it
Look around how many kids know how to chg a tire… or take care of their bikes or even ohms they expect parents to buy new ones.
My kids helped with whatever needed to be done and had a list of “chores” that had to be done on a regular basis.
if they are old enough to be outside they are old enough to help in some way.
If the 9 year old can handle the weed eater then she should be doing it.
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I think it is great for children to do chores and learn responsibility.
I don’t agree with taking their phones and tablets away till it’s done. They are doing it to help and it makes for a do it or else attitude instead of thanks for a job well done
Your kids are amazing nothing wrong with work ethic
That can Be Very Unsafe Fr. The 2 girls to Use the Weed Eater with the Sharpe Blades. You Don’t Need his OK. To Hire Someone To Take Care if Yard Work. Check Your Teenage Boys in Your Family Out to See if They Would Be Willing To do the Yard fr. Pay. If you Fail There,Go to The Kids On the Block 15 & older. Then if You Still Can’t Find someone . Ask your Neighbor’s if They Have A Grandson Who Would Like a Summer job.& Pay !! Somewhere There is Someone that Will Help.When the Girls get 14 they Can do it or Maybe ask their Boyfriend’s if They Would Do it !!!
13 is definitely not too young. In my opinion, it’s teaching them a life skill and I would then encourage a possible summer job to teach them hard work and financial responsibilities as well as entrepreneur skills! They could then take on a few yards each summer and begin to make their own money. My parents did this with us! By 12 I was mowing for family and then added on a few of my neighbors yards. By 16 I had saved enough money over the summers to be able to buy my first car all by myself. Then continued to mow yards for gas money and then to get my first cell phone and my own plan. I have never been more proud of something in my life and still feel proud of that first car because I did it completely on my own, no financing or help from anyone else. Now days, I have a great career but it would take me 100 years to save for a new car after taxes, bills, and student loans get paid each month and the price of new cars these days it will never happen lol. Sure wish we could turn back time to the simpler days