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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not usually a very strict parent, but if my 13 year old said that to me I would make them submit to a week where I: do not drive them anywhere, including their favorite sports and classes, make them take the school bus, make them make their own meals, stop cleaning the house or doing the dishes, and stop doing laundry. If they have no idea what adulting looks like, we need to show them.[/quote]

The thing is that all this gets done if both parents work. It’s not like their friends who have working parents don’t play sports, wear clean clothes or have dinner. Talk to your child about the pros and cons of staying home and why it works for you and DH and it may or may not work for then if they have families.[/quote]

Exactly, I agree with PP. I am a single mom (totally solo parent) with two boys, I work full-time and have had health issues, but I still do all of these things for the family. Ok, now my kids are helping with doing laundry and take the trash out at least, and they take the school bus. But you can explain to your kids that there are all kind of different family structures, and you are probably able to give them more quality parenting time....I assume you do. Maybe they made this remark, because they have been over to some of their friends' homes where both parents work and all of this is still being done by the parents? [/quote]

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