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Reply to "If you did not do many chores growing up, do you wish your parents had made you?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I had endless chores and even made-up chores to fill whatever free time I might want or encounter. My DH had zero chores. I think that having children do enough chores that they become competent at using things, cleaning things, and organizing things is important. But I think that chores for the sake of lightening an adult's load or punishing a child or filling up free time is really dangerous. It taught me that as an adult, I don't deserve free time and that my work should never be done. That's not healthy and it's taken me a long time to accept that I can sit and read a book or play with my child even if I haven't wiped out the spice cupboard or cleaned fingerprints off every doorjamb. Meanwhile, DH doesn't have the basic skills to do chores without intervention or frustration. The goal of chores should be that they're part of raising a capable adult who can take care of their surroundings.[/quote]
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