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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't your kids make their own beds?  And do their own dishes?  If your kids are old enough to be at camp they are old enough to clean up after themselves.  Sure, most pre-teens aren't going to do their own laundry or scrub a tub, but they need to have basic responsibilities.  Your AP's job should partially be to make/help the kids do their own chores.

Also, if you're going to hire a teenager you have to assume she is going to act like a teenager.  I'm tired of cheap people on DCUM hiring teenagers and then being surprised when they act like teenagers.

If your kids aren't doing basic stuff around the house now, they'll end way lazier than your AP when they are her age.[/quote]
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The most frustrating thing when I was an AP, lo these many years ago, was the mom who talked endlessly about wanting to teach her kids to be responsible, to have household responsibilities, to be in charge of their own rooms, and then when they left for school would say "oh since they didn't make their beds or put their dishes away, AP should do it." Even at 18 I knew the correct answer was, "they need to do those chores as soon as they get home before they see their friends/watch TV/get on the computer."[/quote]

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