Chore Wheel
The chore wheel assigns household jobs by random draw, which removes the argument about who did what last time because nobody chose the outcome.
Eight standard household jobs on the wheel. Spin per person and the jobs get handed out without anybody negotiating.
Chore disputes are almost never about the chores. They are about the sense that the allocation is unfair and that the unfairness is invisible to the other person. A visible draw that nobody controls fixes the perception directly, which turns out to be the part that matters.
For shared houses, spin at the same time each week with everyone present. The public spin is doing real work: it is much harder to claim you were stitched up when four people watched the wheel land.
With children it becomes something close to a game. The bins are still the bins, but drawing them feels different from being told, and that difference buys a surprising amount of cooperation. Turn on "Remove winner after spin" so each job is only assigned once and nobody draws the bathroom twice.
Chore Wheel — questions
How do I stop one job going to the same person repeatedly?
Turn on "Remove winner after spin" within a round so each job is drawn once. Across weeks, each draw is independent, so the same job can recur — keep a note if you want a strict rotation instead.
Can I weight the wheel for a bigger job?
Yes. Add the same chore twice and it takes a double share. Some households instead add slices like "two small jobs" to balance against something like cleaning the bathroom.
Does this actually work with kids?
It works better than assigning, mostly because being chosen by a wheel does not feel like being told. It does not make anyone enjoy the bins, but it removes the argument about whose turn it was.