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[–] 46 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My mom deliberately didn’t give us chores, because she grew up with a strict father who overwhelmed her with them.

It backfired. I entered adulthood not even knowing how to use a broom. My first boss thought it was hilarious.

Please, teach your kid these skills. However, don’t use them as punishment! That just makes them all the harder to do independently. I have an ex who associated cleaning with being punished and, as a result, never volunteered to do it. Every household chore fell on me.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Please, teach your kid these skills. However, don’t use them as punishment!

    This is the line to walk. I've framed chores with my son as 'personal responsibility'.

    While at 12 he still struggles with the broom (I'll let him hand vac if that's what he prefers), he knows how to do his own laundry and cleans his bathroom himself often enough too. Chores are a part of living, do your part, I say. I grew up the eldest daughter of a home with no mother, everything fell to me. But I'm not going to ricochet that back and have my son be useless. It's a balance, to be helpful and responsible, this is the goal.

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