Am I treating my son like a slave?

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Because he seems to think so. He's 6 and a half.

Today I have asked him to do the following; - tidy the toys away in the playroom before getting arts and crafts stuff out,

• clear the table after each meal (just taking plates into the kitchen - I do the washing up myself),
• quick hoover of the playroom and living room (they're inter-connected and not that big, and I don't expect him to do under furniture - just what's visible).
• put his own pile of clean, folded washing away,
• do a final quick tidy of the playroom before bed.

As a result I have been subjected to a screaming tantrum everytime I've asked him to do something. He has had plenty of play time and active outdoor time inbetween each chore but because his 2 year old sister doesn't have to put her own clothes away (yet) I'm apparently akin to a slave driver. Aibu?

'Sl*ve'? Really?

I don't want a fight in the future, and the mess DC makes, is not my mess.
So if they upend the toy boxes, they know it's their job to put it all away.

They don't have to do anything on their own, and quite honestly, it's a fraction of the day. Far easier to give DS the hoover while I sweep than have him whining for it. Hopefully he will grow up with the habit, as will DD.

From age 8 til I left home I had to:

Hoover, dust and polish the whole house from top to bottom,
Clean the bathroom
Clean the kitchen

Take the cooker rings off and scrub them
Clean all the cutlery with Duraglit
Empty all the kitchen cupboards and clean them

Wash all the tins and jars from said cupboards

Hang out and bring in the washing
Iron the clothes when dry

All this had to be done every Sunday and I wasn't allowed to stop until I had finished every chore

My mother would make my favourite meal of steak pie or beef stew, but I wasn't allowed any, her, my dad and brother sat down to eat it, and once I had finished doing all the work I was only allowed to make a poached egg on toast or maybe fry a burger and have a packet of crisps

It was pretty miserable

I'm always interested to hear what others had to do as children. From age 8/9 onwards I had to:-

Polish and dust living room daily
Hoover whole downstairs daily.
Clean the kitchen sides and cupboards.
Hoover upstairs and the stairs once a week.
Prepare all veg for dinner.
Wash up afterwards.

Once a week I had to clean the bathroom and toilet.

Once a fortnight I had to change all the beds.

Entire family ironing once a week except my Dads shirts - my mum paid me £1 to do that, went up to £2 when I was 15.

Garden weeding and raking etc.

Full time child care for my younger sister - five years younger - during school holidays, before and after school and whenever they went out, which was at least 3 or 4 times a month sometimes much more often. They never came back till the early hours

The only thing I didn't do was cook or wash clothes. I hung the clothes out and brought them in and ironed them though. Plus sorting all socks etc.

I remember saying once "well my Mum was busy so I had to help" and they said "doing what? What else was there to do?" That kind of hit home.

I hate housework now and get very stressed by it though I do it, I can't live in a mess.

I believe the childcare I provided for all those years contributed directing to my families economic growth and yet they won't do a scrap of childcare for me now.

I don't like my parents very much.