Plan the week's meals at 16: ready to do it alone
At 16, most children can plan the week's meals on their own: about 30 minutes, weekly, alone around 16.
Plan the week's meals at 16, at a glance
- Stage
- On their own
- What they do
- doing the whole job without being shown, to a decent standard for the age
- How you check
- spot-check now and then, and hand over the job for good
- Time it takes
- about 30 minutes
- How often
- Weekly
- Points
- 15 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 12
- Alone
- around 16
Other kitchen & meals jobs at 16
- Wash fruit and vegetables (alone)
- Set the table (alone)
- Clear the table after meals (alone)
- Wipe the table and counters (alone)
- Put groceries away (alone)
- Unload the dishwasher (alone)
- Make their own breakfast (alone)
- Sweep the kitchen floor (alone)
- Load the dishwasher (alone)
- Pack their own lunch (alone)
- Take out the kitchen trash (alone)
- Wash dishes by hand (alone)
- Clean the microwave (alone)
- Clean the kitchen after dinner (alone)
- Cook a family dinner (alone)
- Clean out the fridge (alone)
A day of jobs at 16
- Daily jobs
- a fair share of the household
- Weekly jobs
- whole areas they own, like their laundry and one family dinner
- Time
- what an adult housemate would do
In TaskFamily, "Plan the week's meals" becomes a job on your 16-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.