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[quote=Anonymous]Please teach your kids some life skills. My mom was a SAHM who did everything for me and I went to college not knowing how to do laundry. When I moved into my first rental house with roommates I put dish soap in the dishwasher and flooded the kitchen, I had no idea how to cook more than a piece of toast, I had never scrubbed a toilet or taken out a bag of trash.

Adult life hit me hard.

Thankfully I’ve figured all that stuff out over the past couple decades and am a neatnik now. We have a cleaning service every 2 weeks, but DH and I divide everything else up while working full time and raising kids. Our kids are young but already have chores like putting dirty clothes in their hampers, taking dirty dishes to the sink, picking up toys, etc.

I’m all for outsourcing the stuff you really hate to boost your quality of life (to an extent), but I also think it’s important to do some things for yourself and to instill the knowledge and ethic in your children to contribute to the household.[/quote]

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