Food
Choose between two healthy snacks.
2 +
Bring dirty laundry to laundry machine.
If the route to the laundry is safe and close, then a fairly young child could help.
Decide who to play with at school.
We should aim to guide our children to make good choices as to who they choose to befriend.
Take out the trash.
3+yrs with supervision and support.
Limit screens to 1 hour or less, per day.
2-5 year olds
Decide what to have for dinner.
Depends on their role in meal prep ect...
Generally family dinners involve one meal.
Take out the trash.
Depends on where the trash goes.
Discuss possibilities.
Walk home from school without an adult.
Depends on maturity, distance from school, risks along the way.
Take care of their hygiene without reminders.
If hygiene routines were taught early, and positive discipline is in place, then perhaps 8yrs.
Watch the news.
Think of the news as having a PG13 rating.
Participate in meal planning.
It's never too early to involve children in meal planning.
The level of involvement varies by age.
Do their own laundry.
Let's discuss; lots to consider here.
Decide whether they wear warm boots to school in January.
Depends on anticipated time outside, 0 vs -20.
Decide what to where to school.
If they are not breaking moral values or safety, then pick your battles.
Watch YouTube Unsupervised.
Trust becomes more relavent than age here.
Cut food with a dull knife.
Once they can hold a (safe) knife.
There are lots of plastic options.
Go to the store on their own to buy a loaf of bread.
Need to consider maturity, distance to store, community safety ect...
Stay home alone.
Lots to consider.
Choose when to go to bed.
Some children continue to need limits right into their late teens.
Choose which shows to watch on t.v.
Lets discuss.
Read a recipe and prepare a simple meal.
Let's discuss as there are lots of variables here.
Look after younger child or sibling.
12yrs +, but lots to consider here.
Choose to not do homework or study for a test.
Depends on age. better to make these mistakes in the grades that have less impact.
Make their own bed.
2yrs with assistance.
Let your child have their own cell phone.
Lets dis.cuss this one