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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the previous posters, this is largely a problem of your own creation because you gendered chores all along and now anything you do with respect to chores comes across as a commentary on your child being trans.  You need to course-correct on that, but then address the general unwillingness to do chores separately.  So first, anything you would consider a "girl" chore, you need to start doing as well to model for your son that everyone does all the chores, regardless of gender.  Second, you need to stop accepting excuses for helping with chores.  If you've asked your son to do X and he says he can't because they don't have the upper body strength, assess whether that's a valid concern or not.  He may need more upper body strength for heavy lifting, but not for mowing the lawn.  For things that he may not be strong enough for yet, you offer to help him but tell him that actually doing those tasks is how he'll build the strength to do them on his own.[/quote]

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