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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unload dishwasher
Kids' laundry
Grocery shop for kids' stuff
Pack lunches
Seasonal cloth shopping (new swimsuits for summer, new gloves for winter)
Pick up any kid related Target items

You can have them cook for the kids, but I've found the APs can't cook particularly well even though they say they do when interviewing.

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About cooking- if it's an important task in your family, you have to really interview about it, just like you would for driving. Having a driver's license is not enough. I ask very specific questions about what they like to eat (I don't tolerate restrictions), how often they prepare meals (I look for candidates to feed themselves and others regularly) and how they do it (I put them on the spot asking them the recipe for their favorite dishes). And I am looking for more than just pasta... I look for people who have a passion for eating and making good an healthy food. Candidates who tell me they like to 'bake' when I ask what they can 'cook' don't make the cut. Just like anything else, just asking 'can you cook' is not enough.[/quote]

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