Are “boy moms” really not teaching their sons any life skills?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a “boy mom” in the sense that I have a couple of sons. They have been doing their laundry, cleaning their bathrooms, and doing the dishes every night since elementary school. They made me an outstanding meal for Mother’s Day.

OP’s sort of over-generalization is ludicrous at best.

Same. My college age son knows how to cook and clean, does his own laundry and will occasionally cook. But he would prefer to eat fast food every day. Yes, he can cook for himself. Yes, he knows fast food isn’t good for him. But he’s in college and I’m not going to helicopter what he does.

[Anonymous]

My female cousin is like this. I think some young people just don’t have it together and are a bit of a mess. Maybe they had helicopter parents, or maybe they don’t care about knowing to do those things, maybe they’ve got a mental health issue (real or imagined) that is a barrier.

It’s certainty not your daughter’s job to teach them so maybe both of you can ignore and move on?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does a 20yr old boy need to make a lot of dr appointments? It’s probably not his insurance and he is unlikely to have chronic health issues.

Eye doctor, annual physical, vaccines, dentist, dermatologist. Those are pretty basic ones for a healthy young adult.

You don't need a lot of vaccines past 18. And, eye doctor is once a year, dentist twice, dermatologist varies but not noromal and one physical. This is silly.

So at least six doctor's appointments per year, not including the ordinary infections/bugs/viruses?

This not normal. Maybe for a 65 yr old.

Its normal for someone with Chronic health issues... I could see six appointments but someone healthy its one eye exam for new glasses a year, two dental cleanings and one physical except if sick (or for specialists but 6 isn't a big deal). Try having six a month..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My female cousin is like this. I think some young people just don’t have it together and are a bit of a mess. Maybe they had helicopter parents, or maybe they don’t care about knowing to do those things, maybe they’ve got a mental health issue (real or imagined) that is a barrier.

It’s certainty not your daughter’s job to teach them so maybe both of you can ignore and move on?

We are helicopter parents, therefore my son can cook, clean, do laundry, get gas, mow/yardwork and do basic home repairs. We taught him. The same we'd do with girls. They also can do sports, music and much more...