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There's an interesting assumption being made here, that kids should do chores. I only started doing chores when I started living alone at 17 years old. Would ha
by HumanMusic 8y ago
There's an interesting assumption being made here, that kids should do chores. I only started doing chores when I started living alone at 17 years old. Would have done chores improved me or my life in any way? The way I see it, there are far more interesting and educative ways to use a kids young years, when their brain is the most plastic. I was never forced, or barely even asked to help with chores, I was actually pretty curious about them. Although I never did chores with any regularity, I learned how to cook, bake and clean just out of curiosity.
- refoundglory 8y agoIf you learned to do them anyway, then perhaps it wouldn't have helped you. But my experience with friends and roommates has given plenty of examples where people didn't learn to do basic chores before leaving home, and it made their life significantly harder.
- chosenbreed 8y agoInteresting observation. I think it is important to highlight things that are taken for granted. There are seems to be an assumption that there is "the right way" to raise kids and that it should be constant from generation to generation. I'm not so sure that's the case...