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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, my kids were alternating taking care of the dishwasher emptying but they sleep later than me and always want to do it"later" so it's annoying to have dirty dishes pile up with no place to go.

I may switch them to different chores but I'm not sure which ones.[/quote]

My tweens had plenty of chores, but my teens were just too busy and on such unusual schedules for it not to end in situations like this that annoyed me (even the nagging or having to impose consequences annoyed me).

The one thing I still have them do??  A lot of their own laundry -- there is tons of flexibility in WHEN it can be done, and it really doesn't affect me in the slightest.  [/quote]

Op here. My kids do their own laundry. Occasionally one will ask me to do his, but not often. But I’m realizing there is a lot of hidden work that I do that they don’t appreciate (things like running and emptying the dishwasher every single night/AM, making sure the house is stocked with food and essentials, etc) and I want them to understand that this stuff takes time and isn’t ’my job’. They’re adults (or close to it). [/quote]

OMG OP - did you care about doing any of these things for your parents?  They are teens.  They have immature pre-frontal lobes and they aren't looking at much empathy for their parents right now.  They are getting thru life.  Leave a list of chores, not paragraphs or conversations of "why don't you understand me" and have a consequence if the chores aren't done by x time.  Praise them when they do the chores and really praise them if they do anything extra.  It's not that deep.  [/quote]

Op here. Omg, catch up on the thread, lady! They are older teens, one has been in his own apartment even, and they can certainly figure this out! I’ve given them a timeline and they blew it. As far as consequences for a 19 year old who needs his phone for work, what do you suggest? [/quote]

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