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[quote=Anonymous]I was the kid who had to all the laundry for a family of 5, including ironing those horrible cotton mens shirts of the 80s, from the age of 12. I don’t think it taught me that much other than I haven’t ironed anything in 30 plus years. I take it to the dry cleaners. I would rather spend money than iron.

Truthfully, my daughter doesn’t do many chores. She is 13, works hard in school, has tons of activities and is exhausted. I prefer her sleeping in on weekends to getting up and doing her own laundry. She knows how to do it in a pinch. She spent about 4 hours this past Saturday reorganizing her entire room, getting rid of stuff she has outgrown, going through all her books, etc. My husband and I helped, but she knows how to organize and wipe down shelves, etc when she needs to do this as an adult. She unloads the dishwasher, vacuums and helps shred stuff from time to time. We have a maid service that comes every two weeks so none of us are scrubbing bathrooms.

She was an intern for a musical theater camp this past summer and had to scrape gum off chairs and clean up when a kid puked — she will be fine.[/quote]

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