Clean the bathtub and shower at 12: practising with less help
At 12, most children can clean the bathtub and shower with less help each week: about 15 minutes, weekly, alone around 13.
Clean the bathtub and shower at 12, at a glance
- Stage
- Practising, with less help
- What they do
- doing most of the job themselves with you nearby to answer questions and finish off the hard part
- How you check
- check most times, and fix one thing at a time rather than everything
- Time it takes
- about 15 minutes
- How often
- Weekly
- Points
- 10 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 11
- Alone
- around 13
⚠️ Safety: Gloves on, ventilation on, and one product at a time.
Other cleaning jobs at 12
- Dust furniture (alone)
- Empty the small trash cans (alone)
- Wipe the bathroom sink and mirror (alone)
- Vacuum a room (alone)
- Take the bins out on collection day (alone)
- Clean windows and glass doors (alone)
- Mop the floor (alone)
- Clean the toilet (alone)
A day of jobs at 12
- Daily jobs
- 3 or 4
- Weekly jobs
- 2
- Time
- 20 to 30 minutes a day
In TaskFamily, "Clean the bathtub and shower" becomes a job on your 12-year-old's own screen. The Trust Ladder moves each job from "check every time" to spot checks to full trust as they prove they can do it.
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Ages and times are typical, not rules: children develop at different speeds, and you know yours best. The chore library is TaskFamily's own. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.