Clearly your ignorant assumptions were terribly wrong. |
My kids are not brats - they are grateful, respectful and grounded despite having never cleaned their school bathroom. If you want your kids to clean a school bathroom, by all means volunteer them, but don't impose it on everyone else. I want my kids to spend school time learning the curriculum. |
Oh my bad. So you’re good with your kids pitching in at school too!? |
DP. You should just give up. You’ve been caught saying janitorial staff are somehow beneath you. |
Caught??? Haha no but again, nice try. You were the one saying you don’t want your kids learning meaning tasks. They are only good for math and writing. |
What about other stuff they’ll have to take in HS that teaches them life skills? Too good for that too? |
No, that wasn’t me, that was the PP whose kid cleans schools and businesses. I do agree with that PP that kids should be learning academics at school along with respect for their school and learning chores at home. Do your kids do chores at home? |
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It's absolutely beneficial for kids to maintain the spaces that they use. Even kid athletes should clean, clear, mop the spaces that they use, up until it's unsafe. It's often that way in traditional martial arts as well as similar combat sports like bjj, boxing, and wrestling. However, the parents are the problem. They don't lead by example in public spaces nor do they tell their kids to. Almost all parents can't even put back the one folding chair they were sitting on during elementary school functions or clean up after the mess that they or their kids left. |
of course they do. it's part of life. and I simply don't believe that the PP's kid is cleaning for a business but she doesn't want them around harsh chemicals. |
When did I say they were too good for cleaning? I can teach them life skills, I can't teach them math. |
+ a million |
So then teach them and they can do it at school too. No problem. |
Absolutely this. Please thank the custodians and janitors whenever you see one, especially in front of your kids. They are hardworking in what shouldn't be for most people to think is a thankless job. While their job is to clean, your job isn't to leave the biggest mess around just to prove to yourself that it's someone else's job to earn their keep. |