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[quote=Anonymous]My 10 year old will sometimes argue and argue with us, although we have cracked down in recent months (no means no more discussion!) so it's improved. He has always had glowing reports of obedience and rule following from every teacher, coach, counselor, and other parents, so I really don't think he does it anywhere else. I have never experienced that from his friends either - at least on their own without being in concert with DS. But before his friends come over we do set expectations, eg, no screen time today, or you can have 30 minutes that I time and that is it, or I expect you to play outside or at the park today, etc.

The dishes thing has to be taught. I realized recently that DS has been taking in his plate and dishes since he was 4 yet we somehow never trained younger DD to do it. So we fixed that.

DS definitely leaves gum wrappers around. Also socks, books, random rocks he's picked up, and whatever else he happens to be doing. He has to do a house check before bed and he always finds something. He also frequently manages not to find things that are actually there. Sigh.

I am aware that both my kids do fewer chores than I did as a child, and that I did fewer chores as a child than my parents did. [/quote]

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