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[quote=Anonymous]Growing up we had a full-time housekeeper, so although I would pick up after myself around the house, I didn't do laundry, wash dishes, and I definitely never vacuumed or cleaned a bathroom. We kept the house "neat" (i.e. I didn't leave clothes on my bed/floor or dishes on the table) but none of us cleaned because that's what the housekeeper did.

When I got to college, I had no problem making my bed every day, doing my own laundry, and dusting my room (I don't remember vacuuming in college but I'm not sure how the floor stayed clean so I must have?). As an adult, I have always kept a very, very neat and clean house. I've had cleaners (not full-time, once a week) since I could afford it, but I had no problem figuring out how to clean a toilet when I moved into my first apartment out of college.

Now that I have kids, we have cleaners, and I do their laundry because they're not old enough to stain treat and do it properly, but my kids are expected to clean up their stuff around the house and keep their bedrooms neat. We all kind of help with the dishes on a regular basis (my kids don't wash them but they are expected to load the dishwasher and will help unload the things they can). I'm sure when they can do it sufficiently well I would ask them to run the vacuum if needed, although we have a Roomba that goes during the week and then the cleaners vacuum so mostly our house is pretty clean.

To answer your question, I do not wish my parents had made me do chores. They both worked so it's not like I saw my mom scrubbing floors while my dad was watching TV or anything. We all did things around the house but none of us cleaned. I was in charge of the dog (food, water, and walks although we had a big back yard so she could be let out that way) so I guess that was a chore. But I never cleaned or did my own laundry and I don't think it impacted my ability to do those things later in life at all. [/quote]

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