yes yes yes and yes. they live here to - i did not single handedly create this shit hole
their rooms - are theirs they have always tidied them - when they were younger i sat with a brew and a magazine whilst they did it with a word of encouragement here and there and a "put that in there" comment.
when very small kids actually like things like washing pots and polishing and dusting
depending on how you couch everything of course which should be according to age - for instance when mine were younger i would say " oh please helper can you set the table...take this in for me?"
now they are all teenagers i shout " jacob - table!"
from aged 10 kids can iron - they just need instruction - like everything else
washing clothes is a piece of piss - and i defy anyone to say otherwise - there are the odd pieces of clothes that you look at and think - errrrr i'll put that in on its own - but it basically boils down to colour - number 3 on washing machine - 2 tablets - turn it on. if they can ride a bike - they can do that!
so cries of " its mufty day tomorrow ( own clothes day) my jeans are dirty!"
are met with " well you know where thewashing machine is - dont put it in on its own its a waste of money and electricity and tablets"
of course they dont wash all their things - butif they want something in particular at short notice - then they are quite capable.
in the school holidays i do ask them to do a couple of loads whilst i am at work.
hoovering - a 6 year old can do it.
and if your rather precious about the cleaning and think " i'll have to go over it"
so then go over it - but let them do it first.
anyone watch Big Brother - that glynn has been immasculated, piss took, and worse than all his mother has disabled him - his mother has not given him the skills to make a sandwich or wash his clothes
these are life skills. from a very early age you teach your kids to shitin the toilet - why not teach them to contribute to the running of a household?
your giving the over arching theme that everyone is contributing, its no - ones prime job, its not a feminine womens only thing, women dont know best, giving them life skills and am sure the list could be added to.
some mothers have a martyrdom complex where they must polish shoes, keep house, make food, bake cakes, be perfect mother and wife.
thereby ironically denying their children the much needed life skills - and then no doubt - joke to the WI when they go to university " oh he can't make beans on toast you know haw haw haw"