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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Making the bed/cleaning up their rooms...does this really correlate to success in later life? [/quote]

It correlates to people who like order and following rules. [/quote]

I disagree, although my sample size is one.  I am very Type A, hyper organized, and am a total rule follower.  However, I never made my bed as a child because we had a maid who did it every day.  I'm not sure what is meant by cleaning up a room, but I definitely never "cleaned" the house because of the maid.  I don't remember unloading the dishwasher, for example, or ever doing laundry (the maid did it all).  My room wasn't messy (see, Type A), but I don't really recall picking it up - probably because either I kept it neat or the maid did it.  I now make my bed (we have a maid but she doesn't come every day) and keep my house very neat and tidy.  I would also qualify myself as successful (multiple degrees, high salary, very good marriage, wonderful kids, dream house, great job, tons of friends, lots of happiness, etc.), but I suppose everyone's metric for that could be different.  I do make my kids make their beds and pick up their things even though we have a maid.  I was able to transition well to life in my parents' house with a maid to life on my own on the outside, but I attribute that more to my Type A personality than anything else.  One of my kids had my personality, but regardless, I want to try to set them up for future success by having them do more around the house than my parents had me do.[/quote]

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