No children should have responsibilities.
Were the children complaining👀
No, they’re not too young.
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Good life skills for them to have
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If you don’t teach them responsibilities now, like a parent should, your kids are going to still be living with you when they are in their 30s! No they are not to young! You’re not over reacting, you’re not being a responsible parent! But your husband is!
I think it is great! Chores are very important for kids in my opinion, it teaches them that every one needs to pull their weight in this world & take care of their responsibilities.
I think your husband is very smart for doing what he is doing. Kids need to learn to do chores. He is teaching them important life skills.
Your kids should be helping out… what rose would they be doing??? Watching TV???
I think its OK…growing up we had to help work in the garden…which we hated…lol…help with canning food…shuck corn…all that…I never helped with the yard but my brothers did…it teaches your kids to support your family…what good hard work means…we always felt good when we were finished… Nothing wrong with it…
Exactly when are you going to teach them responsibility everyone in life has to work why should they not learn now. Life is not fun and games and a good work ethic stays with you for life it obvious you can’t afford to pay someone but if you can pay them something for doing it and let them buy there school clothes
Omg really no, good for him
It’s good f pi r them if he watches them and has taught them safety. Not to much work though they are young .b
My kids were way younger than that. My brother was cultivating corn. Driving the big tractor by 5 years old. Kids taught correctly can be responsible for more than we give them credit for. Stop baying them and let them learn from working a little
Mine did. It teaches them independence and self reliance, good work ethics and not to be lazy. The younger they learn to do chores the better. I was driving a farm truck and operating a tractor at 12.
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Why not. Growing up I did that and we didn’t get paid or expect to be. It was part of life. Teaches skills.
They need to contribute to the family & learn good work ethics… My son-in-law has his nephews over & when they want to play video games they have to earn that time by doing some yard work… Nobody gets a free ride . Which seems to be what kids are being taught today & why there so many shortages of hired help in all industries… Weak parents & horrendous govt. controlled schools…
It’s a wonderful task to help with! At any age…with proper guidance…it’s grand!
Yes they need to learn responsibility
Kids need to do chores and make a contribution to the household. I would insist on proper footwear, safety glasses, long jeans and proper supervision, however.
Let your husband be the dad. Don’t fight with him on this. You need to stand beside your husband as one. A little work will not hurt them.
Husband is on track. My 10 year old grandson drives a combine.
As per your words he makes them weed eat as I see it it’s not a problem until he makes them EAT WEEDS 
Your question? YES…
Sure hope he closely supervises the children!
If he purchased electric or battery operated it must not be a big yard. No matter the size, it’s good they are helping, they need praise for getting out there and doing it. If your husband can do it and him paraplegic then able-bodied kids can sure do it!!
Never heard about weed eat what is it
It will teach them responability I think that should help u out in ur situation
I’ve been mowing since I was 14, would have done it sooner if given the opportunity. My daughter has mowed a few times (only when I couldn’t do it all I’d take a break and have her do it) she is now 12 her friend is 10 and likes to mow as well. So you shouldn’t be upset, instead relieved that he is teaching them something useful instead of something bad 
I started ironing my Dad’s military shirts at 10. Mowing the lawn by 12. Doing dishes, vacuuming and dusting was even earlier. My mom and dad both worked and chores were split up between us
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Nothing wrong with what you are doing
Kids should be helping out
Never too young to teach responsibility, and he seems to have given them age appropriate tools.
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Nothing wrong with it. But why does the 9 year old have a phone? Also, why make it seem like a punishment when it’s just part of them doing their share?
Keeps them out of trouble really it they will thank you later
My parents had us kids mow rake and weed thr yard as soon as we could physically do so. We also shovelled in winter.
we had to pull weeds and do light yard work like picking up sticks etc. my mother n father had someone cut the grass and do the other yard work such as trimming trees n shrubbery etc. but we had a huge property w alot of flower beds etc. it is perfectly ok for them to do light yard work. id be leary of the 9 yr old using a weed whacker but it is good for them to know how to do this stuff…nxt yr they can maybe make a lil buisness and do neighbors yards n make a lil $$. we live in an apt so my kids dont have to do yard work BUT when we move they sure will be doing it.
Your husband is brilliant. Rather appreciate the lessons he is teaching them. They have lots of time for tablets and social media after the chores are taken care of.
They are 9 and 13 THEY CAN AND NEED TO DO CHORES… n its cool for girls TO NOT NEED A MAN WHEN THEY ARE GROWN… he can’t AMD YOU ARE BUSTING YOUR BEHIND TO PROVIDE. I’m sure they will survive a few yard chores. And will be thankful as adults they know how to do these things…
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Good time for them to start learning.
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I had my kids doing yard work when they were younger, then as they got older, they had to have the yard done and there rooms clean if they wanted to go some place after I got off from work.
They are definitely not too young. This helps to build character And responsibility. I grew up on a farm and milked cows, drove a tractor, and did a lot of heavy lifting. As s result I have a very strong work ethic. This is what we did. My father held down to jobs and my mother was a full time homemaker which meant canning planting the garden, keeping up the home and many other responsibilities. I am so thankful for my experiences!
It’s all good as far as I’m concerned. Life skills. They will have better work ethics.
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Yes you’re overreacting there is nothing wrong with teaching kids giving them responsibility and chores at that age if you show them how to use tools properly
Weed wacker And a nine year old just be very careful i think to young depending how much to cut and wack
Absolutely Never to young. Good for your husband. Great job.
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I think more parents should be doing what your husband is doing and it seems to be also connected with some kind of discipline. You have swapped roles now and sometimes the home maker sets the home boundaries and the breadwinner is you and you go to work. He may spend more time at home with the children and see more about their behaviour and its important for you to support your husband and he probably deals with their behaviour more. Believe your husband and maybe listen to the big picture. Social media is running our future society which is our children. In my days we were always doing chores for our parents. My dad died when I was 10 and my mum became the main income earner and went to work full time. 12 years old I was making dinner for my family and my mum and I had it ready for her when she came home from work at 5.30pm. I’m a hard worker and take on life challenges with ease and don’t weaken to life’s challenges. I feel it was because I was taught about responsibility at a younger age. I work in mental health as a support worker and feel the system is too easy to make people victims who have not been pushed out of self entitlement. This is a developmental stage that I feel children can sometimes go through if they are spoilt too much. Good boundaries and parenting skills is what our young children need. In the old days we called it tough love!!!
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What a stupid question, they get eat don’t they.
If they were taught to use the tools properly and responsibly,and I’m sure they were, there isn’t anything wrong with them helping.Great idea to take their phones while they are working.Kudos
Definitely NOT too young! My sister and I used to cut the grass when we were young kids. Just teach them safety!
No, I think it’s a great idea. They need to learn responsibilities. Even if they are girls, they can still learn to do things boys are typically expected to do. Later in life they’ll be thankful they have some basic life skills.
Absolutely it is okay! Teaching life skills is extremely important. This is what great parenting is as your kids will thank you in the long run when they become independent young women.
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I think it’s great for your kids
Is this for real or are we being punk’d? I had to and my kids had to. Get over it.
I applaud your husband that’ll get them off the screens get them doing something physical instead of sitting on their ass good
It is never to early to instill good work ethic in your children. As long as they are taught to use equipment properly they will be responsible and do a good job. Believe it or not they will appreciate it later in life. Keep up the good parenting
They should be mowing and weed eating. Clean their rooms, vacuum ,clean the bathroom.
Of he’s a paraplegic they should be doing much more instead of you doing it all. You provide and they should help. Laundry’s cleaning cooking yard work etc. that’s what family is for. Helping! They are never to young
As long as they wear eye protection and ear protection also for mowing.
Do the yard. I did when I was a kid!
I see no problem with the 13 yr old mowing .
I am a little nervous about the 9 yr old but like others said that teaches them a skill and great work ethics.
However taking the phones away may be a little harsh in this age.
Since your husbund is paraplegic they should know that he can’t do it or is really hard for him to do and to help out they should want to do it.
Since you were going to pay someone anyway why not just pay them a little less and tell them your holding on to their phones cause at the work place they won’t be allowed to use phones either.
Get them to associate helping fam with something good and not with a thread or 2.
That’s just my opinion.
I know a lot of ppl are saying they did this when they were even younger.
Kids today are not as mature as we were at the same age and the world is a different world.
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Good to teach them this stuff. Certainly won’t hurt them.
There not to young. They should help
Applaud You Dad you’re raising some Children that will be able to care for themselves, and not ask for a hand out as adults.
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I’m sorry, you’re concerned because you’re 9 year-old and 13 year old can’t use their phones until they do chores? A 9 and 13 year old, in my opinion are even too young to have phones! What are YOU teaching them by giving them phones?? to sit on their butts on their phones all freaking day?! That will produce exactly what we don’t want in this country for our young generation, lazy and unsocial! Where did you learn your work ethics? You said you work 50-60hours a week, did you learn that from you sitting on your phone all day? I’m guessing not.
Your overreacting… I and my kids could all mow and weed eat by the age of 8. lots of kids that age growing up did lawns for money… teaching kids that helping out the family is a good thing. Chores teach kids to appreciate money, the things they have and the work you do. And my kids don’t get their electronics till chores are done.
You should be proud of your husband and kids… they are learning responsibility and contributing to the family as it should be 
Absolutely good work ethics and responsibilities start at home.
He sounds mad at his condition. I’d have the 13 yr old do it, but I’d pay him. The 9 yr old might help mom and get payed.
Great job… kiddos to your husband!
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My dad made us work,my dad said hard work never killed anyone
What is this dear Abby?
I don’t think it’s a bad idea but to take their electronics away is another story.
I think you’re overreacting but it’s ok.
You can learn to let go and they can learn to do yard work.
It’s helping them understand all the things it takes to keep the household moving. My children all worked out in the yard with me from a very early age out of necessity . I had to keep them near me because I had Noone else to watch them. Lol. So, early on they learned to mow in straight lines, not back and forth. Lol and they learned to weedeat by 10. They’re at the perfect age. And hey, you never know you may be raising the next amazing horticulturalist.
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How can we raise our children to be happy, functioning adults if we do not teach them actual life skills and the importance of chipping in to do their share? That said, they also need to be taught safety and be supervised.
Good job dad !! It’s ok for them to have chores and help out around the house.
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It absolutely is “ok”
Kids do better when they have a job to help! And no they are not young to work!
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They are absolutely old enough to help and have chores! Our kids always had chores, inside and out and all of them have a very strong work ethic as adults. Hard to find that these days, especially with the younger generation.
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Hard work never hurt anyone. I don’t see anything wrong with it
Ummm this is what is wrong with the world and the kids in it. They aren’t given hardly any responsibility at all.I was made to wake up at the crack of dawn to now,weed eat,rake,clean the gutters by myself while in middle school and high school! Fortunately for me I had the greatest friends that would come help me so we could get it done faster that way we could all go hang out and do teenager stuff. Kids these days are very disrespectful and lazy and have NO work ethic at all!! I grew up to appreciate the dreaded days I was woken up early to do chores🤷🏻♀
I started helping my parents with the lawn in the 5th grade
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As long as they are supervised with any sort of power tools or equipment like that, then no, I don’t think it’s wrong to have them doing it. Obviously I wouldn’t let them operate a chainsaw or anything like that, but there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with kids helping out with chores and upkeep around the house. It doesn’t matter if dad/mom is able to do it or not.
Too young ??? For a little responsibility and chores ? At that age us kids were working full time on the farm , making hay, milking cows, firewood, cleaning barns,feeding stock, AND mowing the yard , along with whatever else needed done…a little work never hurt anyone, the question should be why everyone else isnt making their kids do stuff.
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They should help out. Responsibility now will teach them not to be lazy adults. My kids have to do it
Builds character, hard work and responsibility.
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Both my kids have been doing yard work since they were nine. It helps build good work ethic, respect, and responsibility.
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Does anybody remember a little house in the Prairie
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Elle ne sont pas si jeunes surtout a 13 ans
I think they should!! Kids today dont know the value of hard work and dont appreciate the little things there parents do for them. This will help them be responsible and if your husband watches them everything will be fine!
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No it’s good skills to learn. I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Is this satire? or for real because if it’s for real . Then this is the perfect Example why kids are the way they are in today’s world .
The best way to teach your children pride, discipline,good work ethic,responsibility and respect . Is to give them chores make the , make them help around the house give them something to be responsible for in the end it will give them pride and it will make them good decent responsible adults.
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We have four kids, 3 boys aged 8, 14, and 15, and 1 girl aged 12. We, as a family (me, wife, and 4 kids) have been doing yard work together since each kid turned 6.
I used to stand in a chair and cook. They are fine.
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Yes. Most definitely. Problem with the world is parents that dont have their kids do chores.
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Yes they should be having chores and doing the yard working they need to learn how to do them and responsibilities. If not when they get on there own they won’t know how to do these things and expect mom to help do them for them
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I agree that’s what kids need todo to many on bloody games instead of doing chores we all had chores as a child
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Since when is it a debate if children should do chores. That’s what wrong with these kids today, they are coddled and not taught responsibility and respect.
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It isn’t the chores she concerned about —— it’s the tools. Lawn mowers. Weed eater.
Do you really enjoy doing EVERYTHING it’s okay mom take a break dad figured it out nobody got hurt it’s okay
I was mowing the lawn at 12. They are fine
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