I have 3 children and 2 dsd's age 7 and 8.
We share custody with their mum. I love my dsd's as if they were my own and so that is how I treat them. Apart from the baby ( obviously) all of the children are expected to do the following,
Makes their beds and tidy rooms
Put dirty clothes in wash
Put shoes and coats in relevant place
Tidy up things they have been playing with
Take their own cups, plates etc into kitchen
I think this more than fair but dsd's mum is complaining that we are asking them to do too much. Apparently the girls have complained about having to tidy up after themselves. Their mum says that she thinks we are asking them to do too much and that " she believes in letting children be children".
It has now got to the point where their mum is basically insisting that we don't make them do these jobs or she will not let them come to ours.
What do we do? She is their mum and we want to respect her wishes but if we do it will end up with dsd's sat there while the others run round tidying up.
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MinuteLaidMemoo · 18/02/2011 11:05
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