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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - kids are 10 years old and younger. They just don’t care. I have told them to do chores and they do it for a week then quit. They don’t care if they have clean clothes or clean dishes. They don’t care if the house is a mess. I care so I clean and make food.

I don’t actually like much food - I would prefer to never cook another meal for the rest of my life. [/quote]

You need to make them care. Any time they don't put their dirty laundry where it goes, you put it in a bag and they lose it. Eventually they'll have no clothes left. Then they'll care. Get a stool so they can reach the washer and dryer (for kids 6/7 and older) and teach them to move things from washer to dryer, dryer to laundry basket to be folded. Teach the ones 3 and up to match socks and ball them, fold washcloths and hand towels and pillowcases and pants. You do shirts, sheets, big towels.

Stop letting them do what they want when the house is a mess. They can't leave the kitchen after a meal until they bring their dirty dishes and silverware to the counter next to the sink. The 10 yr old should be emptying the dishwasher. Next oldest can wipe the dinner table after each meal. If you want them to do something, they must do it right now, and can't play first. You are angry at yourself, not them. You are not teaching them discipline and doing what you have to before doing what you want to. Start teaching the 10 yr old to cook. They can make scrambled eggs, omelets, Mac & cheese, salads, sandwiches, cut up fruit 
and veg for snacks, etc.[/quote]

Op - I would just like to stop making food all together and let them figure it out. Same with clothes. If they want to wear dirty clothes it’s their choice. They have to wear uniforms so I can’t take all their clothes away. [/quote]

At this point I can't tell if OP is clinically depressed, a help-rejecting complainer, or just a garden variety troll.[/quote]

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