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Probably never. I never did until I was in college. My father found it easier to just prepare everything himself in the morning.  I never had chores either. And yet, as soon as I was on my own, I never had any trouble doing everything myself, cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. It's laughable how people on DCUM fall all over themselves trying to have the youngest kids doing chores and being independent, when it really doesn't make any difference in the end when they're adults. [/quote]

Hah, same here.  I never really had any chores except for helping dry the pots and pans after dinner.  I am fully capable of getting everything done now and had no problem transitioning into adulthood.  My husband, on the other hand, had a ton of chores and he is terrible when it comes to responsibility around the house.  My kids are in 5th and 3rd and I still pack their lunches.[/quote]

I can join this camp, but I will critique adding that I can't say it didn't impca me in ohter ways, e.g self-confidence.[/quote]

Quoting myself- clearly not making my lunch daily as a child wouldn't have resulted in terrible depression or anything, but what I mean is that - at least from the parental perspective- there are advantages to a child knowing in micro-ways that "I can do it myself." See Montessori's popularity. And I DID have low confidence as a child and in some ways now, and although a number of things were involved in this that are larger than packing a lunch, you have to wonder.
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Same. My parents found it easier to do everything, and we do everything for our kids too. I feel like they are busy enough. That said, they are pretty inhibited in a lot of ways. Might it have helped if we fostered more independence somehow? I don’t know. But I’m very happy with them as is, and if it resulted in greater family friction, it wouldn’t have been worth it. [/quote]

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