I literally love Ellie , how she insisted max pull his weight , also I was in stitches when Noel said there is a bit in the sink still and pulling the plug on WiFi was genius 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a sibling of 17, same mother and father too so 18 of us all up it's so beautiful to see this because we are all grown up now, and the youngest is 15 oldest is 39 🥴😌🥰 my mother and dad are still alive they're gettn close to 60 now xox
Noel is literally an angel from God, I’m not saying sue doesn’t do much - far from it with so many kids- but Noel is out of this world, he goes to work early, comes back to help with the school run, then back to work, works all day, then comes home does handy man stuff & helps around the house, he then cooks dinner etc & helps sue gets the kids into bed with stories and stuff! He literally is AMAZING and that’s gotta be one of the reasons why they keep having Babies lol if sue had my ex as a husband she would of stopped at 1 or 2 lol bc he’s a lazy ass lol 😂💯
Sue cooks dinner for the children quite often during the week and she has done 99% of everything in the house from laundry to keeping everything as clean as possible while keeping everything going each day 365 days a year with very little help from the children. The girls do help out while most of the boys hardly do anything. So let’s not belittle how much Sue does each day around the house and for her children. She is the one who purchases all of the gifts for the family and plans each birthday, holiday and other celebrations throughout the year and she makes the weekly grocery shopping order online or goes to the store and shops for the groceries. Things are more staged and setup when they film for the channel 5 shows. The regular vlog videos are a more accurate representation of how they live and do things. I don’t like how this episode was filmed because it is so different from how they normally are day to day.
Same, my ex left mowing the lawn, checking mail, trash, dishes, laundry, cleaning, paying bills, all the childcare, taking care of his car and meds…. And i worked longer hours and made more money. He literally worked 8hrs and held the furniture down. Thats it!
Exactly. Even if it’s everyone strips their bed and put new bedding on, everyone folds their own clothes, everyone scrapes their plates and put them in the dishwasher, that would make a big difference to mum and dad. Then everyone have their daily or weekly chore, whether it’s put the laundry on, clean the pots and pans, hoover a room etc. Of course the little ones may need help but that can be mum and dads chore, help the little ones, plus other jobs they don’t trust the kids with (I love the sound of Noel’s meals)
Exactly. Even if it’s everyone strips their bed and put new bedding on, everyone folds their own clothes, everyone scrapes their plates and put them in the dishwasher, that would make a big difference to mum and dad. Then everyone have their daily or weekly chore, whether it’s put the laundry on, clean the pots and pans, hoover a room etc. Of course the little ones may need help but that can be mum and dads chore, help the little ones, plus other jobs they don’t trust the kids with (I love the sound of Noel’s meals)
I started doing chores around 6/7 years old, my mum had a chores board aswell for me and my 2 older brothers and at first it was just simple jobs and now I'm nearly 20 doing more complicated things around the house, with some jobs left to learn still. When there's more than one person living in the house it's fair and it'll teach you life skills
Incredible!I`m quite impressed on how Noel resolves situations and gets involved so much in house chores after he has been working hard at the bakery.It`s great!
They both work. And if you have so many children all adults in the family must take responsibility. The idea that working some hours a day outside of the home would grant you to not lift a finger in the home is such a rubbish mindset! You’re literally applauding a grown man for taking responsibility in the home he lives in.
definitely, after the second time he erased his name he should have had some consequence. He acting up while doing the chore should have been dealt with immediately. He is a brat.
reduce the stuff you have by donating what you want and keep what you just need! Clothes, Dishes, Toys etc.. knowing that more stuff won't makes you more satisfied and happy.
Definitely would have max do the jobs alone after erasing his jobs! Also starting younger is key. So helpful when everyone helps out, we all live here we can all help out.
Nah, punishment for expressing he felt it was daunting and overwhelming to go from having no chores to have to tidy up after himself and his 17 siblings and parents. It’s a big ask of a middle school child. I like that they didn’t tell him off, but reminded him of having to help out and encouraged him when he got started and celebrated him when he eventually had done it. One thing that could have made it easier is to have spoken to him what he felt in the moment and venture into why he didn’t want to do it. By doing so it would most likely have ended up being less daunting. Even as an adult, I would find it a bit tough to tidy up after so many people on the daily/weekly. It’s important to remember that children also need time to process things and can’t be expected to simply obey. Why feel the need to punish a child for being a child, when you as an adult can take the time to help them get through their emotions?! Your suggestion is just to give you as an adult a pleasure release, by punishing the child instead of helping them to learn something new. I say it in this way because I have studied child psycholgy at uni., while you come to the situation by being emotional and going off on ancient child rearing ideas that are based in punishment.
Oh Sue way beyond time. There were 5 of us, 4 boys and me the only girl. Dad worked away. If we didn't help, it would have way too much for Mum. Our chores were peeling potatoes (every day for dinner), setting table, clearing table, wash up, dry up, putting out empty milk bottles, bring in full bottles, take out rubbish, round up empty coat hangers. In addition, we kept our own rooms clean and tidy, made our own beds and so on. My brothers all married and are equal partners in their marriages.
My sisters in law are reaping the benefits. Mum said she wasn't going to raise useless and spoilt sons. My dad's mum did everything for him, consequently he was useless and clueless.
Chores should be taught at a much younger age like 3 yrs - tidying up, basic cleaning, grooming, rooms etc then harder chores are gradually introduced so that children understand the basics of living.
Diana Best-Hutchinson, you are 100% correct. We all had chores from a very young age as did my son. He and his wife have four children, so far, and only the baby doesn't have chores. Even the four year old can load the dishwasher. I love the Radfords very much but have always been aware that Sue is killing herself with all the housework. Oh. And the boys all need to learn every housekeeping chore also. They are all part of the family and as a family member, you are responsible to help in the upkeep.
I've got 3 children who are all now in their late 20s/ early 30s and we started giving them chores in return for pocket money from the age of 5. They're all now holding down full time jobs and understand the value of working to get what they want in life.
Love u Radfords!!! I come from family of 8 plus mom& dad Mom's now with my brother in heaven but I love wats your channel vligs ect U are a wonderful family with lovely values❤️❤️❤️ God bless all of you
My parents were more strict that Sue and Noel on chores. If I got up from the dinner table first, my mum would call out 'can you load the dishwasher?' as if I wasn't well trained to do it anyway 😂. Or my dad would be like 'can you do that bit of wiping up/can clothes please go into the laundry basket and not on your floor/the socks need pairing...' and there was no arguing, I had to do it. Plus I had to change my bed and feed the dog as the bare minimum (though feeding the dog was a two minute job). If not, no pocket money. If I wanted extra pocket money, it was cleaning the dog poop from the garden/washing the car/mow the lawn etc.
I see all the comments about "you waited to long" or " should have started with each kid" etc etc... They are their own family unit, they do things their way. By the looks of things, they all turned out AMAZING! I look up to these 2. How they do what they do is beyond me.
By not getting each child to pull their weight they are not being taught how to cope for later. By 14 mine were cooking for themselves, doing their own washing and keeping their own areas clean as well as being expected to do certain jobs in the house. I’d sometimes get surprised with a clean house when I walked in the door and I’d sometimes come home and find the chores not done. When they turned 16 we were on full house share status. They were in 6th form and also working part time. We were working full time. They needed to learn because they would soon be in university and have their own places. We also had various other teenagers come through our doors and leave after a certain period of time, sometimes weeks, the longest several years and at the end our youngest daughters boyfriend lives with us. We needed a tight ship and so did the Radford’s. I’ve watched the show where one of the girls left home for a night or two to see if she could live on her own and had no food then couldn’t cook. Mine were taught to cook slowly from young. Not by forced lessons but by sitting in the kitchen with me, watching, asking questions then deciding to make fun and easy things on their own like no cook cheesecake. You really don’t do your kids any favours by not teaching them how to be independent. My last two (twins) left home last September aged 19. They are both living with their partners (one is engaged). They are both fine and able to work, study, cook, clean, budget and stand away from the supermarket shelf to assess the bargains and look at the cost per 100g etc.
@@NailHeavenAshfordIt's one thing to teach your kids how to cook and clean and then there is making them act grown. Sounds like you make them do your job. My kids clean their rooms and bathroom, and make their lunch(except for my 6yrold) but everything else I do. I let them be kids. Yes, they have chores(dishes, vacuuming, living room-if they made it dirty) they know how to balance money, cook food etc. But I don't make them do the deep cleaning etc..
I don’t have this many kids but housework never ends. I change we made around laundry saved us many arguments. Two of my boys played sport had much more washing the the other. They argued constantly about laundry. I got them their own laundry bags and take care of all their own washing, drying, folding, putting away. If they can play computer games they can play the washing machine game.
Good for you, kids need to learn to clean up after themselves. Must admit Max would do my head in too. Prob would also let him have the whole job to himself until he can cooperate. But the other side is how much of his performance was for us, being a little smart aleck.
I can't imagine having kids that don't help. My 5 children had chores as toddlers, by 9 were doing their own laundry and learning how to cook. They love helping to keep things clean and tidy.
Because you did it right! My three boys did ANYTHING I asked with a sweet spirit. THAT was the expectation. Aim them at nothing and they’ll hit it every time! 🎯
Well done you for getting the children to chip in and helping you doing the homework,I only got two children we started them at an early age to help out ie cleaning the kitchen table and taking recycling out hope it works out for you best of luck xx
watching from Singapore 🥰when i saw the title of your blog it took my interest already and now it’s getting more like a habbit to watch every day of your blogs 🥰 i love the way you both handle your parenting way… and the kids are just so lovely well behave and responsibilities upon them are doing well also 👍😍 God bless your family 🙏🙏🙏
Someone needs to show "Yes they are all ours" how to keep a house clean. They have a smaller family than all of you and their house is filthy. The Father works 2 jobs, gets the kids up, feeds them breakfast, takes them to school and then goes to work. The Mother (Melinda) stays at home and at the end of the day, her house looks exactly like it did from the morning. She loves to shop, but doesn't do much cleaning at all. Even if you are poor (which they are not) you don't have to be dirty. Sue and Noel, I think having chores for the kids is great. It teaches them responsibility and cleanliness.
Have you ever tried to follow the Australian family that you had visited? They seemed to be quite in control of their children's household routines and chores.
Watched TV programme last night, I've only got 2 kids now 46 and 39 when my youngest disappeared on a shopping trip when she was 4, I was beside myself luckily a lady had found her. So I know how you felt when your 2 got lost. 🤗 Lorna
@Ava Mary I have 3 children on the asd spectrum don't lecture me. ..until he had a official diagnosis he is just a normal child.....but it's none of the public's business if max has asd or not
@@pugwash84 frisbying the plates into the dishwasher is not his best, well in my house that would result in discipline. Just imagine what a nightmare he would be for teachers at school
Minimize what you own. 1 towel per person. Use it all week. three outfits per child. Older children do their own laundry on a specific day. This worked for my family. Chores were the same for a year. Dishwasher, dusting, mowing, bathrooms. One year! It saved me from having a nervous breakdown. Seriously.
idk if its culture, but i was taught at around 4 years old with chores even with nannies around...props to parents for having so much patience with the amount of housework
Something called jurisdictions would be very helpful for them! Tiffany from Not Enough Nelsons invented it. They have 16 children and have used it for years. They have a board with every kids name on it and then they have clips that hold them. Every kid is responsible for one room in their house(main living areas). If one kid leaves a mess in another’s room, they get tickets. If they got three of those tickets, then they go to “mom jail”. They have to do a deep cleaning or organizing task to get out of “mom jail”. I thought it was genius!
I was actually shocked to see Max and Tillie being so disrespectful and lazy. Not at all what I ever would have expected from either of them. I know we aren't supposed to have favorites, but Max has always been one of mine. He's so inquisitive and has such an inquiring scientific mind. And our little Angel Tillie, I hope she remembers all the work the entire family put into taking care of her when she was off her feet. I hope from here forward I will always see them pulling their weight, they're so special, it's important they know teamwork overcomes all!
Your comment was respectful one of the comments on here said what child doesn't want to do chores?!! Yes that's true but in the real world thing's aren't just handed to you. You have to work hard for what you have your comment was very good it's called constructive criticism you didn't say anything bad and I agree with you Btw watch Supernanny some of those kids Whoa!😨 now that's another story🙄😂
Their patience is definitely inspiration for me to be the same!!!! They will try and it may not be a perfect standard but they’re kids and they’re trying. Love you guys!
I never had that many children but I made all my children help to clean and cook we did it together now they all have moved out and got their own families,and are able to take care of their families
I miss the homemade Radford videos. They felt more personal, like you were there with them. Now it's just like watching a TV show. I don't watch TV, so I'm not as inclined to watch them. Oh well, enjoyed it while it lasted.
Have the kids ever had chores ? My kids don’t have many, but if I ask them to do something- I expect them to do it! It is a battle tho sometimes! Especially with boys !
It's brilliant, making the household chores a competition! (Also, very clever of Noel & Sue to declare it a draw! 👍👍👍) Max is quite a cheeky boy! 😁😁😁 His antics are always fun to watch!!! This week's episode was great! Continued love and health to all from across the pond!!! 💜💜💜
I work with adults with special needs. When they have chores they need to do that they don’t want to do, we tell them if you do your chores, then we can play video games or go out into the community. If they do the chores they have earned their choice of activity. There is a difference between being able to do something and just not wanting to versus being mentally or physically disabled and truly having a difficulty completing or participating in the task. We deal with both issues, one is considered more of a behavioral issue and needs a different approach. I love your family. Sue is an amazing mom and Noel as a dad just melts my heart. Miss my dad and Noel is such a treasure when it comes to dads. If the older boys are unable to do their chores because of work, perhaps they need to pay a cleaning fee to their mum. She could take herself out for a spa day with the money.
my mother grew up during the war when there was food rationing, I was raised to eat every scrap of food on my plate, no questions asked...... still do........at 66!
Love your family and you both do everything. Far too long to wait till kids are grown up to ask for help as the big ones only just starting yet the nippers are already doing chores at the same time as the older ones are learning Get them from the nipper age to help but throwing items in a dishwater is Naughty and disrespectful You have done so much for the kids so hope thte chores keep happening g at their age they should be helping you both
Hi Sue, I come from a family of 7 children and we all had chores to do! If undone well mom really did us a good grounding! We had to do it or not get any fun time! The girls did the laundry and cooking whereas the boys did all the outside things such as lawn and that sor of things! It kept our home fairly clean! I love using with the youngest ones the stickers that's what I used for mine! You are. A super mom! Keep it up!
You literally see a few seconds in a clip. You don’t know if they disciplined him or not. Some parents wouldn’t even take that seriously. I also see ADHD traits in Max that I have. I don’t know if I’m correct but sometimes we need to go a bit easier on people, especially children. Lighten up ✌🏼 they’re an amazing family & brilliant parents
Tbh, this looks like it's all staged. I'm sure Sue and Noel know perfectly well when to discipline their children and from their own, more authentic, vlogs I take that Max is actually a really fine kid, so this might have been intended by the camera team or his autism or just him being a perfectly normal 12 year old 😉
You should put a doorbell in your kitchen cupboard and put the speaker thing on each floor and tell them to come when it’s pressed .. I saw it on a Facebook page
I am so proud of the both of you, for implementing, chores for your children to accomplish,,and learn learn about the real world. Good for you. Love grammajan
I am surprised that they didn’t start giving the children chores at a much younger age. My parents started giving us chores that were age appropriate starting around the age of 3. They can make their bed, pick up toys, put dirty clothes in the hamper, help set the table etc . As they get older they get more chores. My parents put them on a calendar in our kitchen and we to do them without arguments . We didn’t get paid for doing them because they are things that need to be done as a member of our family and each family member has to do their part to keep things going. We earned money by babysitting, cutting the neighbors grass, delivering newspapers, or a job at a business once we were 16 years old. I made really good money babysitting. Our parents paid for the things we needed for school, church, clothing, various activities and doing things with family or friends. Put the chores list on something that they can’t erase. The Knorp family has an amazing rotating chores chart for their 11 children. Their channel name is KnorpandSouth.
Any kid teenage and older should have been doing their own laundry. All of them above toddler age should have had consistent chores. A little late to start now., even with a “contest”. Keeping a large household functional is not a game. Sue and Noel should not have to negotiate, or promise rewards.
Agree but must say from being on Tv for the same reason as them, the producers defo influenced them to make a chart / rewards to make it seem interesting to watch
You are right Sue in deciding they need to pitch in and help out. My mother started me out at 7 and then she would lock me out of the house till 5 or 6. Allowance is also good to give them responsibility, confidence and lessons in saving and spending.
When we were children.. 4 of us, my mum would not let is do anything indoors!.. she did everything cooked from scratch, there were times when we didn't even have a washing machine!!. We played out all day... in a very free childhood, I can't ever remember being indoors as a kid!?.. There was always nice food on the table and fresh clean clothes, mum was up every day at 5am.. starting her day.. even now, she is up at that time!!..
@@missykuss9975 my mum wouldn't even let you in the kitchen, while she cooked!.. she didn't even let my dad make a cup of tea!... my grandmother was the same.. they both felt they had the family, so should look after everyone.. my mum never liked kids looking after kids.. you couldn't change them if you tried.. that is their way..
@@maggie2759 I get that. But my question was do you think it would have hurt you if she had asked you to help? Or might you have learned valuable life skills? My mother grew up very privileged, (I did not) and didn’t know one thing about running a household. They had had cooks, maids & drivers. So, when she married a low ranking Marine (also from a privileged background) she knew nothing! Felt so overwhelmed. This, she was determined her three ddd as daughters would know more, she taught us and I was always grateful. I then taught my 3 sons. It just seems a better way to raise children.
@@missykuss9975 I do think my mum's way of running a house is old school, but that was their way.. my grandmother lived until 100 years, so in some ways it kept her very young and fit!.. (she even brought my cousin up as a 1 year old, when she was 65 years old!... his own mum died.). as for my siblings, we are all running our own homes, successfully now.. and we are all good. I think, we were fortunate we had so much freedom as children and all were very independent... We all did get saturday jobs, outside of the home around 14 years old, so we were not lazy kids!..
@@maggie2759 I’m not attacking the way you were raised, truly. I didn’t make my sons work all the time either. I realized the importance of play and children being carefree. I just don’t think it hurts children to know that they are part of a family where everyone participates and works for a common good. And I think it is a parent’s responsibility to teach all the life skills a child will need to be a highly functioning adult, and for young children, play is a very important part of that. But even my very little boys felt a great sense of joy and pride when they helped me and their father with a job, and saw the end results. They felt accomplished and learned valuable skills. That’s all. 😉
I literally love Ellie , how she insisted max pull his weight , also I was in stitches when Noel said there is a bit in the sink still and pulling the plug on WiFi was genius 🤣🤣🤣
I was always against shutting the wick off in case my older children were saving critical homework or coursework.
Noel turning the internet off 🤣🤣🤣 Genius. Love your work Noel 😆
I'm a sibling of 17, same mother and father too so 18 of us all up it's so beautiful to see this because we are all grown up now, and the youngest is 15 oldest is 39 🥴😌🥰 my mother and dad are still alive they're gettn close to 60 now xox
God bless you and your family 💞
Noel is literally an angel from God, I’m not saying sue doesn’t do much - far from it with so many kids- but Noel is out of this world, he goes to work early, comes back to help with the school run, then back to work, works all day, then comes home does handy man stuff & helps around the house, he then cooks dinner etc & helps sue gets the kids into bed with stories and stuff!
He literally is AMAZING and that’s gotta be one of the reasons why they keep having Babies lol if sue had my ex as a husband she would of stopped at 1 or 2 lol bc he’s a lazy ass lol 😂💯
Sue cooks dinner for the children quite often during the week and she has done 99% of everything in the house from laundry to keeping everything as clean as possible while keeping everything going each day 365 days a year with very little help from the children. The girls do help out while most of the boys hardly do anything. So let’s not belittle how much Sue does each day around the house and for her children. She is the one who purchases all of the gifts for the family and plans each birthday, holiday and other celebrations throughout the year and she makes the weekly grocery shopping order online or goes to the store and shops for the groceries. Things are more staged and setup when they film for the channel 5 shows. The regular vlog videos are a more accurate representation of how they live and do things. I don’t like how this episode was filmed because it is so different from how they normally are day to day.
Noel is not HELPING Sue...he is being a father and husband....
Same, my ex left mowing the lawn, checking mail, trash, dishes, laundry, cleaning, paying bills, all the childcare, taking care of his car and meds…. And i worked longer hours and made more money. He literally worked 8hrs and held the furniture down. Thats it!
Exactly he’s a miracle dad and husband plus he’s so patient
This chore schedule is something new.I’m surprised a family of this size wouldn’t have their kids on board sooner with doing chores
Exactly. Even if it’s everyone strips their bed and put new bedding on, everyone folds their own clothes, everyone scrapes their plates and put them in the dishwasher, that would make a big difference to mum and dad. Then everyone have their daily or weekly chore, whether it’s put the laundry on, clean the pots and pans, hoover a room etc. Of course the little ones may need help but that can be mum and dads chore, help the little ones, plus other jobs they don’t trust the kids with (I love the sound of Noel’s meals)
I am amazed at how clean she keeps their house. Huge family rhe kids should have to help
Exactly. Even if it’s everyone strips their bed and put new bedding on, everyone folds their own clothes, everyone scrapes their plates and put them in the dishwasher, that would make a big difference to mum and dad. Then everyone have their daily or weekly chore, whether it’s put the laundry on, clean the pots and pans, hoover a room etc. Of course the little ones may need help but that can be mum and dads chore, help the little ones, plus other jobs they don’t trust the kids with (I love the sound of Noel’s meals)
I started doing chores around 6/7 years old, my mum had a chores board aswell for me and my 2 older brothers and at first it was just simple jobs and now I'm nearly 20 doing more complicated things around the house, with some jobs left to learn still. When there's more than one person living in the house it's fair and it'll teach you life skills
Thank you for sharing Genesis idea Noel with the internet and Max and the older boys really need too help much more
Incredible!I`m quite impressed on how Noel resolves situations and gets involved so much in house chores after he has been working hard at the bakery.It`s great!
They both work. And if you have so many children all adults in the family must take responsibility. The idea that working some hours a day outside of the home would grant you to not lift a finger in the home is such a rubbish mindset! You’re literally applauding a grown man for taking responsibility in the home he lives in.
No way would I allow Max to get away with not doing chores. No chores no treats.
definitely, after the second time he erased his name he should have had some consequence. He acting up while doing the chore should have been dealt with immediately. He is a brat.
He has a disability which makes his brain work differently
@@maddisonsvlogs598 he knows how to be sneaky and conniving
@@thewhirlwind7876 definatly
@@mimiNana-yi4cy He actually has specials needs. So, that doesn't always help.
I feel like I’m non stop cleaning and I only have two kids 🤣 it’s never ending! Love the girls v boys idea!
reduce the stuff you have by donating what you want and keep what you just need! Clothes, Dishes, Toys etc..
knowing that more stuff won't makes you more satisfied and happy.
Same here..got three kids n have to constantley clean
Definitely would have max do the jobs alone after erasing his jobs! Also starting younger is key. So helpful when everyone helps out, we all live here we can all help out.
Nah, punishment for expressing he felt it was daunting and overwhelming to go from having no chores to have to tidy up after himself and his 17 siblings and parents. It’s a big ask of a middle school child. I like that they didn’t tell him off, but reminded him of having to help out and encouraged him when he got started and celebrated him when he eventually had done it. One thing that could have made it easier is to have spoken to him what he felt in the moment and venture into why he didn’t want to do it. By doing so it would most likely have ended up being less daunting. Even as an adult, I would find it a bit tough to tidy up after so many people on the daily/weekly. It’s important to remember that children also need time to process things and can’t be expected to simply obey. Why feel the need to punish a child for being a child, when you as an adult can take the time to help them get through their emotions?! Your suggestion is just to give you as an adult a pleasure release, by punishing the child instead of helping them to learn something new. I say it in this way because I have studied child psycholgy at uni., while you come to the situation by being emotional and going off on ancient child rearing ideas that are based in punishment.
i dont know why but something about watching your family just makes my day
Oh Sue way beyond time. There were 5 of us, 4 boys and me the only girl. Dad worked away. If we didn't help, it would have way too much for Mum. Our chores were peeling potatoes (every day for dinner), setting table, clearing table, wash up, dry up, putting out empty milk bottles, bring in full bottles, take out rubbish, round up empty coat hangers. In addition, we kept our own rooms clean and tidy, made our own beds and so on. My brothers all married and are equal partners in their marriages.
@Jessica Inman my mum ran a tight ship.
My sisters in law are reaping the benefits. Mum said she wasn't going to raise useless and spoilt sons. My dad's mum did everything for him, consequently he was useless and clueless.
Lovely! Cheers!
I loved seeing all those little kids washing the car - they are so cute! Good luck with the chore board, Sue and Noel!
Chores should be taught at a much younger age like 3 yrs - tidying up, basic cleaning, grooming, rooms etc then harder chores are gradually introduced so that children understand the basics of living.
Diana Best-Hutchinson, you are 100% correct. We all had chores from a very young age as did my son. He and his wife have four children, so far, and only the baby doesn't have chores. Even the four year old can load the dishwasher. I love the Radfords very much but have always been aware that Sue is killing herself with all the housework. Oh. And the boys all need to learn every housekeeping chore also. They are all part of the family and as a family member, you are responsible to help in the upkeep.
Yes i was thinking the same thing. I was like why are they only now introducing chores lol
I've got 3 children who are all now in their late 20s/ early 30s and we started giving them chores in return for pocket money from the age of 5. They're all now holding down full time jobs and understand the value of working to get what they want in life.
These two are thick asf
Love u Radfords!!!
I come from family of 8 plus mom& dad
Mom's now with my brother in heaven but I love wats your channel vligs ect
U are a wonderful family with lovely values❤️❤️❤️
God bless all of you
My parents were more strict that Sue and Noel on chores. If I got up from the dinner table first, my mum would call out 'can you load the dishwasher?' as if I wasn't well trained to do it anyway 😂. Or my dad would be like 'can you do that bit of wiping up/can clothes please go into the laundry basket and not on your floor/the socks need pairing...' and there was no arguing, I had to do it. Plus I had to change my bed and feed the dog as the bare minimum (though feeding the dog was a two minute job). If not, no pocket money. If I wanted extra pocket money, it was cleaning the dog poop from the garden/washing the car/mow the lawn etc.
I see all the comments about "you waited to long" or " should have started with each kid" etc etc... They are their own family unit, they do things their way. By the looks of things, they all turned out AMAZING! I look up to these 2. How they do what they do is beyond me.
By not getting each child to pull their weight they are not being taught how to cope for later. By 14 mine were cooking for themselves, doing their own washing and keeping their own areas clean as well as being expected to do certain jobs in the house. I’d sometimes get surprised with a clean house when I walked in the door and I’d sometimes come home and find the chores not done. When they turned 16 we were on full house share status. They were in 6th form and also working part time. We were working full time. They needed to learn because they would soon be in university and have their own places. We also had various other teenagers come through our doors and leave after a certain period of time, sometimes weeks, the longest several years and at the end our youngest daughters boyfriend lives with us. We needed a tight ship and so did the Radford’s. I’ve watched the show where one of the girls left home for a night or two to see if she could live on her own and had no food then couldn’t cook. Mine were taught to cook slowly from young. Not by forced lessons but by sitting in the kitchen with me, watching, asking questions then deciding to make fun and easy things on their own like no cook cheesecake. You really don’t do your kids any favours by not teaching them how to be independent. My last two (twins) left home last September aged 19. They are both living with their partners (one is engaged). They are both fine and able to work, study, cook, clean, budget and stand away from the supermarket shelf to assess the bargains and look at the cost per 100g etc.
You can’t wait until they are teenagers to make them do chores turned out amazing? The boys disrespect their parents.
@@NailHeavenAshfordIt's one thing to teach your kids how to cook and clean and then there is making them act grown. Sounds like you make them do your job. My kids clean their rooms and bathroom, and make their lunch(except for my 6yrold) but everything else I do. I let them be kids. Yes, they have chores(dishes, vacuuming, living room-if they made it dirty) they know how to balance money, cook food etc. But I don't make them do the deep cleaning etc..
@@nancyfarkas3592They all act amazing.. As in not total hellions.
I don’t have this many kids but housework never ends. I change we made around laundry saved us many arguments. Two of my boys played sport had much more washing the the other. They argued constantly about laundry. I got them their own laundry bags and take care of all their own washing, drying, folding, putting away. If they can play computer games they can play the washing machine game.
Good for you, kids need to learn to clean up after themselves. Must admit Max would do my head in too. Prob would also let him have the whole job to himself until he can cooperate. But the other side is how much of his performance was for us, being a little smart aleck.
In my family I say nobody lives for free! We all have to chip in babies get to give the love until they learn! Good job!
This should of been established a long long time ago.
Better late than never I suppose.
I can't imagine having kids that don't help. My 5 children had chores as toddlers, by 9 were doing their own laundry and learning how to cook. They love helping to keep things clean and tidy.
I like you. You sound like me.
Because you did it right! My three boys did ANYTHING I asked with a sweet spirit. THAT was the expectation. Aim them at nothing and they’ll hit it every time! 🎯
You got so lazy you couldn't even do you elementary school age child laundry.
So cute seeing the younger ones cleaning the car💙💖
Ellie will make a great mum
Agreed! She’s so good with the children
@@pollysmith821 No one is encouraging anyone to have children. All she said was that she WILL make a great mum, emphasis on the future tense.
Maybe if you got Millie off her phone she could help if I sat on my phone whilst mum picked up around me I would off got a thick ear
Noel is a hands-on dad👍👍 so is Sue.Biggest family and love them.Making all help is so fun
Well done you for getting the children to chip in and helping you doing the homework,I only got two children we started them at an early age to help out ie cleaning the kitchen table and taking recycling out hope it works out for you best of luck xx
watching from Singapore 🥰when i saw the title of your blog it took my interest already and now it’s getting more like a habbit to watch every day of your blogs 🥰 i love the way you both handle your parenting way… and the kids are just so lovely well behave and responsibilities upon them are doing well also 👍😍 God bless your family 🙏🙏🙏
Someone needs to show "Yes they are all ours" how to keep a house clean. They have a smaller family than all of you and their house is filthy. The Father works 2 jobs, gets the kids up, feeds them breakfast, takes them to school and then goes to work. The Mother (Melinda) stays at home and at the end of the day, her house looks exactly like it did from the morning. She loves to shop, but doesn't do much cleaning at all. Even if you are poor (which they are not) you don't have to be dirty. Sue and Noel, I think having chores for the kids is great. It teaches them responsibility and cleanliness.
Waiting until their kids are teens to make then clean backfired. And when you have kids your home will never be spotless nor should it be.
When she said “the boys don’t do anything and they are smelly” I died.
Have you ever tried to follow the Australian family that you had visited? They seemed to be quite in control of their children's household routines and chores.
The Bonells ❤
Watched TV programme last night, I've only got 2 kids now 46 and 39 when my youngest disappeared on a shopping trip when she was 4, I was beside myself luckily a lady had found her. So I know how you felt when your 2 got lost. 🤗 Lorna
When they retired, the first thing my Mum did was buy my Dad an iron 😆 The deal was he did his own washing and ironing 👍
As long as it’s tidy, the kids are happy, you’re winning.
Since Max keeps erasing his name, I would make him do the chore by himself.
Yep make him do it by himself , supervised because he seems to play instead of work, and point for the girls since he kept trying to get out of it
@Ava Mary I have 3 children on the asd spectrum don't lecture me.
..until he had a official diagnosis he is just a normal child.....but it's none of the public's business if max has asd or not
awww he did his best in the end bless him
So would I
@@pugwash84 frisbying the plates into the dishwasher is not his best, well in my house that would result in discipline. Just imagine what a nightmare he would be for teachers at school
Minimize what you own. 1 towel per person. Use it all week. three outfits per child. Older children do their own laundry on a specific day. This worked for my family. Chores were the same for a year. Dishwasher, dusting, mowing, bathrooms. One year! It saved me from having a nervous breakdown. Seriously.
My child can sometimes go through 3 outfits in a day!
This is the dumbest shit I have ever heard.
Props to you if you made that work though , think a lot of it depends on the kids / circumstances
idk if its culture, but i was taught at around 4 years old with chores even with nannies around...props to parents for having so much patience with the amount of housework
I think it’s a great idea that they have chores to do they r old enough to help Sue and Noel work very hard well done my it continue
Something called jurisdictions would be very helpful for them! Tiffany from Not Enough Nelsons invented it. They have 16 children and have used it for years. They have a board with every kids name on it and then they have clips that hold them. Every kid is responsible for one room in their house(main living areas). If one kid leaves a mess in another’s room, they get tickets. If they got three of those tickets, then they go to “mom jail”. They have to do a deep cleaning or organizing task to get out of “mom jail”. I thought it was genius!
O my god I'm loving the TV shows everyweek and the chores board is a good idea xxx
I'm glad to see everyone pitching in as it should be! The little kids did a great job too and had fun!! Awesome
Max needs to have something taken away till he learns.
I was actually shocked to see Max and Tillie being so disrespectful and lazy. Not at all what I ever would have expected from either of them. I know we aren't supposed to have favorites, but Max has always been one of mine. He's so inquisitive and has such an inquiring scientific mind. And our little Angel Tillie, I hope she remembers all the work the entire family put into taking care of her when she was off her feet. I hope from here forward I will always see them pulling their weight, they're so special, it's important they know teamwork overcomes all!
They’re children, what child actually wants to do chores 😂
I thought it was only me....
They are children after all…that’s normal….why would you be shocked?
Your comment was respectful one of the comments on here said what child doesn't want to do chores?!! Yes that's true but in the real world thing's aren't just handed to you. You have to work hard for what you have your comment was very good it's called constructive criticism you didn't say anything bad and I agree with you Btw watch Supernanny some of those kids Whoa!😨 now that's another story🙄😂
Shut up you silly toff, theyre kids
It's about time they helped you both run the house! Not sitting about playing video games!
So many electronics!!
Their patience is definitely inspiration for me to be the same!!!! They will try and it may not be a perfect standard but they’re kids and they’re trying. Love you guys!
This series is so funny! The youtube channel vlogs are so quiet and calm and then this?! Hilarious Chaos! Love it!
I love this family.
Absolutely love your family 🥰
Great that your doing that Sue, also good for them all to learn to do chores xxx Great way to get their attention Noel ... LOVE IT
I was raised in a family of 10 children and was told by mama and daddy that MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK
Wait what?!? The kids are only just starting to help now?!? 😳
Good training for kids and discipline needed.
I never had that many children but I made all my children help to clean and cook we did it together now they all have moved out and got their own families,and are able to take care of their families
I miss the homemade Radford videos. They felt more personal, like you were there with them. Now it's just like watching a TV show. I don't watch TV, so I'm not as inclined to watch them. Oh well, enjoyed it while it lasted.
They can't do home made ones whilst a TV series is on x
@@gemmalikeman5354 I think she meant that she rather the homemade, than the tv-show🧐
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Have the kids ever had chores ? My kids don’t have many, but if I ask them to do something- I expect them to do it! It is a battle tho sometimes! Especially with boys !
It's brilliant, making the household chores a competition! (Also, very clever of Noel & Sue to declare it a draw! 👍👍👍) Max is quite a cheeky boy! 😁😁😁 His antics are always fun to watch!!! This week's episode was great! Continued love and health to all from across the pond!!! 💜💜💜
Love this family so much 💕
I work with adults with special needs. When they have chores they need to do that they don’t want to do, we tell them if you do your chores, then we can play video games or go out into the community. If they do the chores they have earned their choice of activity. There is a difference between being able to do something and just not wanting to versus being mentally or physically disabled and truly having a difficulty completing or participating in the task. We deal with both issues, one is considered more of a behavioral issue and needs a different approach. I love your family. Sue is an amazing mom and Noel as a dad just melts my heart. Miss my dad and Noel is such a treasure when it comes to dads. If the older boys are unable to do their chores because of work, perhaps they need to pay a cleaning fee to their mum. She could take herself out for a spa day with the money.
Has the series finished now?Love watching you all such a lovely family xx
my mother grew up during the war when there was food rationing, I was raised to eat every scrap of food on my plate, no questions asked...... still do........at 66!
Love your family and you both do everything. Far too long to wait till kids are grown up to ask for help as the big ones only just starting yet the nippers are already doing chores at the same time as the older ones are learning
Get them from the nipper age to help but throwing items in a dishwater is Naughty and disrespectful
You have done so much for the kids so hope thte chores keep happening g at their age they should be helping you both
Hi Sue, I come from a family of 7 children and we all had chores to do! If undone well mom really did us a good grounding! We had to do it or not get any fun time! The girls did the laundry and cooking whereas the boys did all the outside things such as lawn and that sor of things! It kept our home fairly clean! I love using with the youngest ones the stickers that's what I used for mine! You are. A super mom! Keep it up!
Your parents sound sexist girl inside work boys outside work. Grounding because they are unhappy. Sound miserable to be stuck with your parents.
There needs to be consequences for erasing ones name from the chore board!!! I cannot believe Max gets away with it. Wow.
Remember,there’s more going on than we see on a few mins of video…we don’t see everything that goes on!
You literally see a few seconds in a clip. You don’t know if they disciplined him or not. Some parents wouldn’t even take that seriously. I also see ADHD traits in Max that I have. I don’t know if I’m correct but sometimes we need to go a bit easier on people, especially children. Lighten up ✌🏼 they’re an amazing family & brilliant parents
@@demitaylor576 max has Autism that in itself may not allow him to want his name on a board :)
Tbh, this looks like it's all staged. I'm sure Sue and Noel know perfectly well when to discipline their children and from their own, more authentic, vlogs I take that Max is actually a really fine kid, so this might have been intended by the camera team or his autism or just him being a perfectly normal 12 year old 😉
@@Dreamingbigbudgets ah autism! I defo saw something on the scale :) thanks for the correction! He seems like such a lovely cheeky kid
Hahahaha I was a single child, so my mum expected me to do around 30-70% of the chores, when she was working ;-P
Can we have more vlogs please on what you are up to. Chesters birth etc? Missing them. Like these ones but watched them on the programme
You should put a doorbell in your kitchen cupboard and put the speaker thing on each floor and tell them to come when it’s pressed .. I saw it on a Facebook page
I miss your UA-cam channel that you use to do. Hopefully you will come back to it again 🙏🏼🙏🏼
We can’t get your show here so miss you all ♥️
I love these snippets from your TV series!!
I bet the father can't wait to get to work lol😅 to get some peace 😂 🤣🇬🇧
These children are truly spoilt.
Gratitude 💗🤍🖤✨
I am so proud of the both of you, for implementing, chores for your children to accomplish,,and learn learn about the real world. Good for you. Love grammajan
I am surprised that they didn’t start giving the children chores at a much younger age. My parents started giving us chores that were age appropriate starting around the age of 3. They can make their bed, pick up toys, put dirty clothes in the hamper, help set the table etc . As they get older they get more chores. My parents put them on a calendar in our kitchen and we to do them without arguments . We didn’t get paid for doing them because they are things that need to be done as a member of our family and each family member has to do their part to keep things going. We earned money by babysitting, cutting the neighbors grass, delivering newspapers, or a job at a business once we were 16 years old. I made really good money babysitting. Our parents paid for the things we needed for school, church, clothing, various activities and doing things with family or friends. Put the chores list on something that they can’t erase. The Knorp family has an amazing rotating chores chart for their 11 children. Their channel name is KnorpandSouth.
Any kid teenage and older should have been doing their own laundry. All of them above toddler age should have had consistent chores. A little late to start now., even with a “contest”. Keeping a large household functional is not a game.
Sue and Noel should not have to negotiate, or promise rewards.
Agree but must say from being on Tv for the same reason as them, the producers defo influenced them to make a chart / rewards to make it seem interesting to watch
About Efffin time
My mam uses that whiteboard for chore lists too haha
Love this fam❤️
I've got mine doing this and they are 3,4 and 11. Also, the idea of a competition is great but that won't work long
Very clever plan way to go
You are right Sue in deciding they need to pitch in and help out. My mother started me out at 7 and then she would lock me out of the house till 5 or 6. Allowance is also good to give them responsibility, confidence and lessons in saving and spending.
My mom use to say , 5 minutes before vaccuming ,if you don t pick up you things, they re going in the garbage!
Your mom sounds like shit.
I'm noticing Sue got those cups from Christmas shopping Lil wonder if she got the tea pot 4 the motor home
Lol MAX would have double the chores until he got himself together and was able to pull his weight.
He has ADHD doubling the chores isn't going to fix it.
A question for you Sue - who does the most and who does the least tidying?
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Fingers crossed it carries on working for you
I love that, I also turn my Internet off to gather my boys for tea haha
Never knew Millie was expecting until i seen the new baby on Instagram
Yay. Wow. So much fun, hahaha!
It was nice to see some of the kids misbehaving for once 🥰
Personally I’d be mortified.
Misbehave in private is different to doing it on tv. My kids knew limits. That would have been one of them.
@@NailHeavenAshford ofcourse
@@NailHeavenAshford This is supposed to be reality tv your kid should act like how they normally would on tv not pretend act on tv. You sound stupid.
I watched you guys in a documentary i lovedddd your family..ahhaa. it's so big. 🥰
When we were children.. 4 of us, my mum would not let is do anything indoors!.. she did everything cooked from scratch, there were times when we didn't even have a washing machine!!. We played out all day... in a very free childhood, I can't ever remember being indoors as a kid!?.. There was always nice food on the table and fresh clean clothes, mum was up every day at 5am.. starting her day.. even now, she is up at that time!!..
And do you think it would have been ok if she had required you to help a bit? Instead having such an enormous load on her?
@@missykuss9975 my mum wouldn't even let you in the kitchen, while she cooked!.. she didn't even let my dad make a cup of tea!... my grandmother was the same.. they both felt they had the family, so should look after everyone.. my mum never liked kids looking after kids.. you couldn't change them if you tried.. that is their way..
@@maggie2759 I get that. But my question was do you think it would have hurt you if she had asked you to help? Or might you have learned valuable life skills? My mother grew up very privileged, (I did not) and didn’t know one thing about running a household. They had had cooks, maids & drivers. So, when she married a low ranking Marine (also from a privileged background) she knew nothing! Felt so overwhelmed. This, she was determined her three ddd as daughters would know more, she taught us and I was always grateful. I then taught my 3 sons. It just seems a better way to raise children.
@@missykuss9975 I do think my mum's way of running a house is old school, but that was their way.. my grandmother lived until 100 years, so in some ways it kept her very young and fit!.. (she even brought my cousin up as a 1 year old, when she was 65 years old!... his own mum died.). as for my siblings, we are all running our own homes, successfully now.. and we are all good. I think, we were fortunate we had so much freedom as children and all were very independent... We all did get saturday jobs, outside of the home around 14 years old, so we were not lazy kids!..
@@maggie2759 I’m not attacking the way you were raised, truly. I didn’t make my sons work all the time either. I realized the importance of play and children being carefree. I just don’t think it hurts children to know that they are part of a family where everyone participates and works for a common good. And I think it is a parent’s responsibility to teach all the life skills a child will need to be a highly functioning adult, and for young children, play is a very important part of that. But even my very little boys felt a great sense of joy and pride when they helped me and their father with a job, and saw the end results. They felt accomplished and learned valuable skills. That’s all. 😉
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Great 👍🏼 job!!!!!
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