Kids now days need to learn responsibility and chip in to take care of their home as well.
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Kids need to learn these things too. Teaches them responsibility. What I do is pay my kid for chores. Once a week. My daughter has a piggy bank and she just throws it in there 
It’s not just up to mom and dad to maintain the family home! It is up to all members of the family! They can start very young contributing in many ways! Being responsible for your surroundings is best taught young! Peace and love!
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This is a basic life skill, you’re never too young to learn life skills.
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Let them kids learn about life and hard work. They are NOT to young to do yard work…
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It is good for them…it teaches responsibility…something a lot of kids these days know nothing about!
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You are definitely over reacting!! Teach them to be independent!
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Parenting done right for once, chores first, then they can have their phones…
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You are overreacting. They are 13 and 9 they arent toddlers. They should be helping with chores by now. My 7 yr old has been helping with chores since he was 3. It started with picking up his toys and has progressed to picking up his room, making his bed, feeding the animals and he recently asked to start helping with dishes. He does all of this for an allowance which teaches him responsibility and the value of earning his own money to do what he wishes with. His 2yr old brother helps mama clean up his blocks at the end of the day. You have to teach your children how to care for themselves and their home or they will expect someone to do it for them when they get older. Their father and I will not be here one day and my children need to know how to care for themsleves, their home, and their future families.
Heck ya get them to work shows them responsibility
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Nothing wrong with that all
Yes you have to teach them how to work and take care of themselves. We shelter our kids way to much. They will have be on there one day how at they going to learn. Not by playing video games and tik tok.
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My son is 10 and asks to cut my grass and he cuts my neighbors grass for $$…i think it’s great for them to learn and do things around the house inside and outside
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kids should be taught to help with the work of maintaining a household, since they benefit from the result. too many people raise spoiled brats who think the world owes them a living.
Bruh in my family we do this crap @ 5 lmfao , pls let him give the kids a good life skill
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I do to my oldest daughter to pick dog poop n clean up b4 mow and my other 3 kids do pick up wut they make mess in backyard they got to clean up to teach them keep it clean… that way I won’t ask them again to pick up toys or broken toys ……
I’ll never understand what has so many of today’s parents thinking kids doing chores is somehow a bad thing.
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My 14 & 16 year old own their own lawn business. Theyve been doing yardwork for years. The younger the better and if they are taught how to use them with supervision first then why not?
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My daughter is 8 a small 8. She only weighs 43 lbs. She weedeats! My son is 12 and also does it. We don’t make them but it is a way for them to earn their own money.
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My 9yr old son uses a gas weed eater I mow he weed eats because my husband his dad is a trucker so he isnt home but twice a month
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Chores are healthy! It teaches independence and responsibility.
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My 12 year old son has been doing chores since he was about 8/9. Vacuuming , dishes , cleaning the microwave. I have him wash walls and baseboards. Raking leaves. Helping shoveling in the winter. Shit I need to start making him mow lol. He’s very spoiled was the only child for 9 1/2 years and when I say he has EVERYTHINGhe wants he has it so he needs to start earning and being responsible. Ive been slacking lately he hasn’t done nearly anything since COVID. this post just reminded me I’m slacking.
I had to mow the lawn at 10 years old and I had 2 older brothers. We alternated chores.
Yes they can mine were even doing laundry at 9
Yea you’re way overreacting, nothing wrong with kids doing chores
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Good job DAD, as long as it’s not in the hot part of the day and is supervised!
At that age, they should be mowing, doing laundry, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, washing dishes, helping cook, how else are they going to become functioning adults??!!!
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Uh no. Get over yourself. My 9 and 14 year old are currently doing yard work. They need to help. They need to learn how to do things. My kids clean the house. Do their own laundry. All sorts of things. We have them help and rotate things so they are able to do them as adults and already know how to do them.
Stop doing everything for your kids and teach them how to do it. That way you might be able to get a little mom break.
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My kids did help and they know the work involved in keeping a house in proper working order inside and out
Yeah kids! Let them learn how to take pride in your home and keeping it in good shape.
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You tripping they need to be doing those things anyway. I’m looking for some chores to tack on my daughter she does laundry, and dishes the Hoa does the yard work but if it didn’t she would hell
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My 9yr old mows the grass, it teaches them to keep stuff clean and responsibility. My 16 yr old washes the clothes, teaches her basic life skills that she’ll need once she’s at Uni. Chores are a good thing no matter the age
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My son is 8 and always offers to help me in the lawn. I let him use the weed eater with my supervision. It’s chores for allowance earning money by doing stuff around the house. I think it’s great to have your kids learning young all kids need chores to learn responsibility kids spend too much time on electronics
Let the man put those kids to work! They have 2 capable hands and feet, so use them! Why pay someone else when you can just have your kids do it and learn from it. Nothing wrong with it at all!
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Their not baby’s for long, responsibly is a great teacher!!!
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They are not too young if he is teaching them and supervising.
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I started cutting when I was about that age. It’s good for those kids. Wtg dad! It’s fine mom. More parents need to make their kids do yard work! It teaches them alot
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Teaches responsibility. They are not too young. My daughter was nine when she started driving the riding lawn mower and my other daughter weed eats and mows for our landlord and she’s 12
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Definitely overreacting! They can operate electronics they can pitch in around the house !
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Is this a real question 
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I was baby sitting 2 kids overnights on weekends, mowing, weed eating, and washing the cars at 9. I don’t see the issue as long they know how to do it safely.
so? your husbands in a wheelchair? and you work full time? and you’re complaining because your children are going hard work? hahahahhahahahaha. ok.
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I promise you these will be memories for them . They’re okay .
Responsibility doesn’t come in a package on your 18th birthday. It starts when young and expands with age. Teach them now.
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Nope he is not wrong my nephew started at the age of 5 helping his dad now he is almost 15 and he is a great kid well disciplined, respectable and very hardworking in school and out.
Nothing wrong with showing them how to help out. Chores are good for children. When my grandson visits no electronics are allowed here. Children do way better without them.
My kids do it and have been since around those ages. They need to learn to pitch in and help out. They need to learn responsibility
I got a set of twins (6) and a 3 year old and they mow the grass and do housework with me such as washing dishes washing clothes vacuuming mopping and taking out trash
That’s the perfect age! When I was 13 I LOVED mowing.
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All kids from the age of 8 on upcan do yard work & most chores. It’s the best way to instill a hard work ethic & responsibility into them. Start them out young. You don’t want to raise lazy entitled children.
They’ll be fine. you’re overreacting. My 8 year old and 11 year old mow and weed eat my yard as well as go to work with their grandmother who has a landscaping business. Kids need less time on devices these days and more valuable life lessons.
Plenty old enough to know how to do such tasks and orher responsibilities.
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I don’t think anything is wrong with it personally. I started helping my dad care for our lawn at that age, weed eating, mowing, digging trenches to better irrigate the trees and flowers. I got so used to doing it I didn’t need his help as much after awhile and I really enjoyed it.
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First- She isn’t being made to sit in the yard eating weeds.
Then - just stop.
YOU THINK THEY CAN HAVE A CELL PHONE BUT CANT PUSH A LAWN MOWER?
God blessed you with a well balanced partner. He is 100% right and they should get phone for as much time as they spending doing chores
There are kids younger than this driving factors get outta here 
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Tell me you were raised in a rich preppy setting without telling me.
It’s good for them…it teaches responsibility and so much more.
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My kids were doing yard work and house work at 7 !! But they also got an allowance every week , the more they did the more they got ! I wanted to instill work ethic in them
9 and 13 are plenty old enough to do yard work. As long as the 9 year old is supervised with tools it shouldnt be an issue at all.
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I was doing yard work at those ages. I started mowing around 11
I don’t believe the mother has a problem with her children having chores. The problem is it’s yard work and with the father being in a wheelchair. What if there was a kidnapping situation? I know this is going to sound very judgemental on my part, but has anyone in this thread not heard of human trafficking and neighborhood sex offenders? Unfortunately even with me being in a neighborhood very close to schools and churches and a neighborhood park. There are still sex offenders in my neighborhood. I would be beyond concerned if I was her, possibly worrying about my children and the neighborhood they live in. I’ve heard of children getting kidnapped even being with their parents in a big store. I think she would feel better if she was home to over see things, just to be safe.
I like the expression life skills…
This teaches them responsibility, that they can take care of themselves later on in life and that they are helping their dad! They are plenty big enough to mow.
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My daughter loved mowing the lawn at 13 and started a little lawn mowing business in the neighborhood. And yes all 3 of my children did yard work at that age.
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At this point your girls are old enough to pitch in and help out. Do a job jar. Put all possible family/household jobs on pieces of paper and put them in a jar. Each person picks a paper until they’re gone and those are their jobs for the week.
Allowances are separate from doing work as a family member.
My grandfather had me cutting 3 acres on a riding mower at age 7, barefoot with a brick strapped to the gas pedal so I could reach. When we put the addition on our home I was like 8 or 9 carrying shingles up a latter on to the roof. He taught me many things very young which has made me extremely responsible and knowledgable. The downfall is I expect a lot from myself and also from others. I didnt realize for a long time that most people arent as responsible as me. It would’ve been nice to know that so I could be more graceful of myself and others
My 13 year old cuts our 2 acre property with a zero turn… its not to young they start learning young there is alot to learn in life before mom and dad wony be there always
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no they are old enough to help
Why dont u do it then
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My nephew does ours and he’s 13. 9 seems young to operate tools like that, even theres body usually isn’t big enough
I think if they learn at a young age then it’s better for them cause they are some teenagers out here that hasnt been taught anything and the older they get they don’t want to learn …so I think it’s great that they are learning at an early age.i was about there age when I started mowing and weedeating and it didn’t hurt me
You probably had a privileged upbringing…maybe. so your not used to that kind of work at that age. But I assure you it will build character and will push them out of the comfort zone. Your husband is a smart man. Your lucky to have him.
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I agree my 9 yr old grandson now’s lawns it’s good for them
My kids were taking care of animals and having responsible at 4 or younger. Made them the hardest working adults. Work is great
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Are you really asking this question? and we wonder why kids are the way they are nowadays. My 9 year old son does both:woman_shrugging:t2:
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He is actually doing a great thing. Teaching them to take responsibility
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I seen two tiny Amish boys out cutting cutting grass and using a sickle . They couldn’t been more than 5 years old.
There is nothing wrong with kids doing yard work at 9 and 13 years old.
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I did at 8 its all good
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I think it good idea for kids to do help out
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I did it when I was little I didn’t think anything of it
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You are over reacting. They need to learn the importance of responsibility and work ethic. We have a whole generation who have neither.
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My kids that range from 5 to 16 do yard work and house chores. Teaching them a hard work ethic early.
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It’s good for girls to learn all kinds of stuff so the can be independent.
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It’s ok to let your kids do some kind of work at home, my girls started doing their own laundry at 9 and doing chores like dishes cleaning kitchen counters, dust the living room, vacuum and clean bathrooms, we don’t give allowances cause we pay for the food they eat, the water they waste and their expensive phones and every once in a while they get take out food, they do landscaping also when needed and they help with the yard every time my husband asks for help. It’s not going to hurt them it’s going to make them appreciate what they have.
I was picking weeds at 10. I would start early in the morning. I hated it! But it taught me respect and responsibility. Many kids younger than 13 are mowing neighbors lawns on weekends as a job. You don’t have time. It’s more expensive for you to hire someone. He can’t do it, obviously. Let the kids learn.
Kids should have to do chores and help at that age that’s how they learn to be independent when they move out on their own into the real world
I think he’s doing a great thing by making them contribute. The younger you get them started, the better! Not only that, your kids will have the satisfaction of knowing they helped out and that is a wonderful feeling at any age!!
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You are overreacting, good to learn from young.
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Perhaps this is something that both parents should have discussed? I don’t see anything wrong with kids doing some yard work. My brother & I always had to help out because, for the majority of our lives, Mom was a single mother. There usually wasn’t a father figure around for her to discuss parenting with.
It just seems like presenting a united front in parenting decisions, especially big ones like chores, there wouldn’t be as much resentment? Maybe not approaching yardwork like a punishment (not phone until you get it done) would be better? Kids that age are capable of reasoning. Sitting down with the whole family & talking about it would have been a better approach.
Sorry no my kids started young… no harm in learning at a young age
No u should not be upset. Make them do them chores I had chores at that age
My kids do it and they are 11,12 & soon to be 15 my 3 yr old will help with some things she likes it I don’t see any harm in letting them do it now taking away things just so they will do it is a little over board but yeah I think it’s okay that they are doing it it teaches responsibility 
I did yard work younger then that and my children also do yard work and they are 10 and 9
I started mowing the lawn when I was around 10 my mum would get all the kids out and we would mow, weed eat, abd just general cleaning it’s just teaching responsibility nothing wrong with that
No its definitely not to young. At 7yo we voluntarily helped my parents do yard work during the entire year lol. My nephew has been working on a farm during summer for almost 3 years now and he’s 11. So yes you are definitely overreacting.
I have been mowing since I was 7 and still to this day, that is my favorite chore
Hats off to Dad. He is raising his children to appreciate their home, their family ( mom works hard), their time, pride of a job well done. They are definitely not to young. Grow up on a farm. They are actually abit old.
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They should be helping instead of being on phones n tablets.
Yes and Sodom grandkids.