Do basic home repairs at 15: practising with less help
At 15, most children can do basic home repairs with less help each week: about 30 minutes, as needed, alone around 16.
Do basic home repairs at 15, 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 30 minutes
- How often
- As needed
- Points
- 15 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 13
- Alone
- around 16
⚠️ Safety: Nothing involving mains wiring, gas or roofs. Show them where the water shut-off and the breaker box are.
Other life skills jobs at 15
- Shop from a grocery list (alone)
- Manage their own weekly budget (alone)
- Change a light bulb (alone)
- Look after a younger sibling for a while (alone)
- Book their own appointments (with help)
A day of jobs at 15
- Daily jobs
- 3 to 5
- Weekly jobs
- 2 or 3, including one they own start to finish
- Time
- 30 to 45 minutes a day
In TaskFamily, "Do basic home repairs" becomes a job on your 15-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.
Free for one household. Premium is $5.99 a month or $49 a year for the whole family, never per child.
Keep reading
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.