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When do children learn to do housework?

3-4 years old: children need basic self-care ability after going to kindergarten, and doing housework properly is also a way to cultivate children's life skills. Exercise children to get up every day to make the bed, wash, fold clothes, clear the table, take out the garbage and arrange clothes to wear.

4-7 years old: This age is the transitional stage from kindergarten to primary school, which requires greater independence. Usually parents can guide their children to do basic housework. Put bowls and chopsticks before meals, help parents clean the table and wipe the table after meals, arrange school bags alone, and wash socks and underwear.

6-8 years old: entering primary school indicates doing more things independently, and parents should let their children try more. Tidy up the clothes to be changed and clean clothes every day, put them neatly in the closet, tidy up the schoolbag every day and go to school independently. Help my mother clean tables, chairs and chopsticks before and after meals, and clean the room every week.

7-9 years old: in the second and third grades, you can arrange your own time for going to and from school, and prepare to dress and tidy your schoolbag before going to school. Parents can arrange for their children to wash dishes and chopsticks after meals, and mothers can guide their children to learn to use common household appliances, such as microwave ovens and rice cookers, and learn to cook simple meals.

10 years old: 10 years old children have their own opinions. Parents can involve him in family discussions. Some family decisions and plans allow children to express their opinions, exercise their thinking ability and cultivate their sense of family responsibility.

In life, 10-year-old children can take care of their own food, make plans for household items with their mothers, and go shopping together.