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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents divorced when I was young, so my mother didn’t have much help at home. That meant my sister and I had to pitch in. Part of pitching in was ironing my mother’s clothes as well as our own. I can’t help but wonder how many of you have teenage children that could assist you in the same way. It isn’t abuse or neglect to assign these tasks to your children.[/quote]

I also assisted my mother with ironing as a child. We ironed my father's work clothes and all the families dress clothes for church and events. My brothers did not participate in this activity. As an adult I choose to (1) be married to someone who can sort out their own laundry, and (2) to mostly wear clothes that don't need any ironing or can be covered with a few minutes with a steamer or even just hung in the bathroom while I shower. I have taught my kids how to iron but aside from weddings leave it up to them as to when they think it is necessary.

I think it's weird some of you lament a time when women had to spend hours a day performing cleaning, grooming, and hygiene tasks for themselves, their husbands, and their children. Women liberated ourselves, now everyone looks a little sloppier but also I think our lives are better. Sorry you weren't born in the 1940s I guess?[/quote]

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