312. Age Appropriate Chores and Responsibilities for Kids

HERself

Abby and Amy

Grow, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Kids & Family, Opportunity, Honest, Real, Vulnerable, Purpose, Best Self, Self-improvement, Future, Comparison

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🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Let’s be real — when it comes to chores, our kids could definitely be doing more. We’ve mentioned this topic before, but today we’re finally diving in headfirst: what are age-appropriate chores and responsibilities for kids? Inside the Kiefer and Green homes, things look a little different — and there’s room for improvement in both. In a world where everyone shows their highlight reels, we want to keep it honest. Yes, we have strengths, but we also have areas where we’re still figuring it out...

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0:00.0	we are holding our kids back we need to let them do more the two of us included you know we're not
0:07.3	saying otherwise they've got to learn that i did the same with max it was actually a lemonade stand at
0:13.7	one of his younger brothers baseball games gave him a 20 he went and got lemonade let the guy keep the
0:19.9	change i said that the best Let the guy keep the change.
0:21.7	I said no. The best tip the guy I got this time.
0:23.2	You have to go back.
0:24.8	That's a $19.
0:26.6	And unless you want to pay me $19, you need to say, I'm so sorry, I do need that change.
0:32.4	So it's they've got to learn how to do things for themselves.
0:36.0	Right.
0:36.4	Right.
0:41.5	Yeah. got to learn how to do things for them. Right. Right. I'm Amy.
0:43.1	And I'm Abby.
0:44.6	And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.
0:48.5	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.
0:52.1	Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always
0:55.9	being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the
1:01.3	challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what
1:06.9	life looks like for herself.
1:16.2	Hi, you guys, and welcome to another herself podcast.
1:21.6	Today, we are going to cover a subject that we've mentioned, but we've never done an episode on it.
1:22.5	And that is all about kids' chores.
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