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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up not doing any chores - we had housekeepers who made the beds, did the laundry, cleaned the house, even did the dishwasher. However, I had no trouble doing this stuff on my own when I went to college, and I currently keep a very organized house. I do also pay a housekeeper because I see the immense value in having someone help with those items while I work (my mom also worked a full-time job). I also just don't particularly like cleaning although I like neatening and our house is pretty much always in good shape (I say pretty much always as I can see three Amazon boxes sitting outside my office door that I haven't gotten to putting away yet...).

For what it's worth, I have always taken very good care of my stuff, always been helpful in other people's houses, and never thought that I was "above" any task that was house-related. It was simply that both my parents worked so they outsourced things like cleaning and gardening and as a result we spent a lot of time together doing fun things as a family. My kids are now responsible for making their beds (our housekeeper does not come daily), putting their clothes the right way (i.e. not inside out) in their hampers, keeping their school stuff neat, and cleaning up their toys. They're only six and while they do help with treating stains and getting the laundry into the washing machine sometimes, I have not had them start doing their own laundry. Part of that is because I have all our drawers very Marie Kondo style and there's no way they would be able to keep them like that and I appreciate the ease of picking out clothes that this organization fosters. Oh, they also set and clear off the table. I did that as a kid as well, because our housekeepers were not live in so they were not there during every meal.

I don't judge people whose kids do more or fewer chores than mine because I know people whose parents made them do their own laundry practically since birth who are slobs and others who didn't lift a finger around the house and now do everything themselves.[/quote]

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