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The downvotes you're getting are pretty telling of the american tendency to infantalise their children. Kids from 5 onwards are perfectly capable of doing vari
by missosoup 7y ago
The downvotes you're getting are pretty telling of the american tendency to infantalise their children.
Kids from 5 onwards are perfectly capable of doing various chores around the house and until recently in history, it was expected of kids to start contributing to household work as soon as they're old enough to.
But after the post-war age of abundance, americans are like oh no our bubby 10 year old can't handle washing the dishes and folding their own clothes.
- wyattpeak 7y ago> The downvotes you're getting are pretty telling of the american tendency to infantalise their children. No, they're not. They're telling of the fact that people fundamentally trust that others are doing the best they can in the situation they find themselves in, and have probably considered the obvious alternatives. GP's not getting downvoted because people don't think children should do chores (that's not a particularly common opinion, unless you're looking to bash Americans), but because it's a callous and self-important opinion that their friend's mother had never considered getting her kids to do chores, and that a reminder from a busybody would have solved the issue.