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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We never expected kids to do chores, their job was to do good in school and do things that interests them. [/quote]

Well, that's short-sighted.[/quote]

I'm not the PP but I didn't have chores growing up except taking care of the dog (i.e. making sure the water bowl was full and feeding them). We had a housekeeper and she would make the beds every day and do the laundry. If I made something in the kitchen, I would clean up after myself, but I never cleaned a toilet until I lived in an apartment after college.

It's not hard to learn how to do any of those things, and as soon as I was done with grad school and had a real job I got cleaners and have had them ever since (although I do my own laundry, they only clean the house).

My kids don't have chores except cleaning up after themselves, helping when asked (i.e. unload the dishwasher, put the groceries away, etc.), keeping their rooms tidy (I'm a stickler for that, their rooms are neatened every night before bed), and folding/putting their laundry away. They are busy with school and their time-consuming sport and since we have cleaners there is no need for them to be cleaning around the house (and my husband and I don't do it either).

My husband grew up with all sorts of chores and there isn't anything around the house that he doesn't do (i.e. he heard the laundry in the mud room go off while watching the Masters and folded the towels and put them away during a commercial break), and actually during COVID he was the one who did the cleaning when we had a pause with the cleaners because his job slowed down and mine got busier. Maybe if I had boys I'd care more about having them do things but I have girls and I like that they see their dad and me doing the same amount of stuff around the house.

I guess I'll get back to you in 20 years when they're in the mid-30's and see how this all turned out, but I am just fine never having done chores growing up. My house is always neat and clean and I'm good at cleaning anything and everything, I just don't do it most of the time because I'd rather pay someone to do so and spend my time elsewhere. [/quote]

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