My daughter, 4, does up to 12 hours of chores a week – parents who don’t get their kids involved are irresponsible

FORMER teaching assistant Rach Marsden lives with her boys Louis, 29, and Jake, 19, and four-year-old daughter Sienna in Leeds. She reveals Sienna does 12 hours of chores each week. Rach, 44, says:

“I HAVE always believed in giving children some cleaning chores to do. I started each of my kids from the age of three with simple tasks such as putting away their toys. But Sienna loves to clean.

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Rach Marsden reveals her four-year-old daughter Sienna does 12 hours of chores each week[/caption]

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Rach says ‘Sienna even tells me off for not sweeping properly or completing a job list’[/caption]

“Now she does up to 12 hours a week and between us we’re a pair of super-cleaners.

“She’ll empty the washing machine and hang up items to dry.

“She is also great at sweeping and vacuuming.

“Her room is always immaculate and she can strip her own bed and make it — and refuses help when I offer her it.

“She will also put the groceries away for me. Sienna even tells me off for not sweeping properly or completing a job list.

“It’s important to encourage kids to do their share of the cleaning.
I know Sienna will grow up responsible and tidy.

“Not giving your kids chores is wrong and irresponsible.

“It teaches them to be lazy and to not care for themselves. I’m not having that with my kids.

“I simply don’t understand parents who do this.

“It’s also a great way of teaching life lessons and keeping the children fit.

“I am proud of Sienna being a cleaning machine.

“It cuts my housework time in half and makes us both feel satisfied.”