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[quote=Anonymous]I've never lost my sh$$ over this type of stuff.  Minor annoyance at best, and if this is the most unacceptable behavior you get from your teens, you're pretty lucky.  I guess it just depends on your perspective.

I will say, however, that my teen doesn't whine about this stuff.  He is very agreeable - just may or may not actually do the thing, and half the time when he doesn't, he just forgot about it. If he puts it off too long, I might tell him he can't take the car until he does what I asked and then he says "Oh yeah!" and does it.  I am the rare DCUM moms who doesn't automatically take away the electronics for every misstep in adolescence.

[quote]Well we all need to learn to be responsible and these are the first steps. Pretty soon you will want to learn to drive a car. You will need to be very responsible to do that. So show me you can be responsible so I know you will be able to XYZ (spend the night at a friends, go to practice, use electronics. 
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My kids are older than OPs.  I haven't really found any correlation between remembering to empty the dishwasher and driving a car.  Kid is a careful driver and obeys all the rules applicable to under 18 drivers.  He just doesn't always notice the recycling piling up. [/quote]

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