Age 13
Chore chart for 13 year olds
Thirteen is old enough for a washer and a weekly dinner, and young enough to treat a rainbow star chart as an insult. Use a points table. Skip the stickers unless they ask.
Write the jobs before the school year gets loud. A chart you invent during a fight about the bathroom is already lost.
What a 13-year-old can do
Use this as a menu. Your house, your safety rules.
- Start-to-fold laundry
- One simple dinner a week
- A bathroom with products you approve
- Trash night
- Pack their own sports bag
Skip these for now
Not because kids are incapable of growth — because the risk or the teaching cost is too high for a first chart.
- All-afternoon sibling care as a standing job
- Driving errands
- Anything with a tool you have not trained
How to run the week
Put the payout or privilege on the page. Hints do not survive a tired Thursday.
The 13-year-old library template is a points table sized for this list. Print it, or open the weekly tracker if paper stays in the backpack.
Reward idea: Allowance or a stated weekend privilege.
Layout: Points table. Use the 13-year-old chart in the library.
Questions parents ask
- How many chores at this age?
- Fewer rows, heavier jobs.
- Printable or digital?
- Either. Teens often prefer checking a phone. Little kids prefer the fridge.