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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I live with a slug. DD 15 NEVER helps around the house, and she won’t listen but instead puts her headphones on when I try to explain it. I’ll give you a very recent example, a dispatch almost. Today we have our Passover dinner (woohoo!), so there’s a lot of meal preparation and cleaning to do. Guess how much DD is helping with? [i]Nada![/i] I’ve asked her to help with specific tasks and things, and she says she will, but instead of doing so she only laughs at me like a bird. No help for me! But of course DH has the same problem. People whose kiddos tend to help around the home, how did you do it??[/quote]

Like a bird?[/quote]

Lol, that stood out to me as well. [/quote]
+2 I cannot possibly weigh in until this “laughs at me like a bird” comment is explained.[/quote]

Guys there are a lot of people who live and post here whose first language isn’t English. Use your freaking brains. [/quote]

Well, 3 people have commented wanting an explanation, which is reasonable. [/quote]

No you just want to make fun of how OP talks. [/quote]
OP very much seems to speak English as a first language. The post is weird for several reasons including that OP seems to be realizing for the first time that she needs to set expectations for her child, now 15.  I do not want to make fun of the way she talks, but do want to know what she means by the laughing like a bird comment and why she is only now realizing that children need to be called upon to do at least some chores starting in elementary school at the latest. [/quote]

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