Just checking if anyone has come across anything like this before? I had a sexist upbringing where the girls were expected to do all the chores but also quite an authoritarian upbringing. I’m trying to bring up DS6 to actively help in all aspects of the house but also be sensitive to his feelings.
so DS is absolutely repulsed by the sight of ‘eaten’ (bitten, left over bits on plates) food. He’s always hated it but I think it’s been exacerbated by the fact that a boy in his class took to spitting his chewn sandwiches on the table in front of DS last year. The boy was dealt with by the school but its depended DS’s disgust. I really understand where DS is coming from.
howver, as a result he absolutely hates clearing up other peoples used plates/ glasses from anywhere. I assume once he’s older he might struggle with washing them too. My 2 DDs clear all plates/ glasses/ utensils and I get DS to clear table mats and wipe down the table but I still see uncomfortable echoes of my childhood when my sisters and I did all the undesirable jobs.
just wanted to check im not sabotaging my own efforts to raise DS as a decent person to live with? Has anyone else or their children struggled with this? Is there anything I can do to help him? Did anyone grow out of it?