I love the things that I learn from all of you on Facebook. If you’re not following, you’ll want to make sure to join in on the conversation! I want to start sharing some of the things that I’ve learned with you right here! This week on Facebook, I asked “Do your kids mow the lawn? How old were they when they learned how?”
The answers varied, between the onlinecasinogo.com.au ages of 6 and 12. Here are the percentages:
6 years old – 5%
7 years old – 11%
8 years old – 5%
9 years old – 28%
10 years old – 22%
11 years old – 11%
12 years old – 17%
What do you think? What age should a child be to mow the lawn?
photo credit: zieak
This can vary so much. I do think that our society is getting a bit crazy in it’s opinions about what is too early for a child to do something. I just had someone tell me last week that they didn’t think it was appropriate for my almost 7 year old to even play outside by himself! We’ve been working up to these moments of responsibility with him for over 2 years. I think it definitely depends on the individual child. But I do not think that 6-7 would be too young as long as the child could complete the task physically and understood the precautions.
They should be old enough to know to wear real shoes or be able to call 911