Reply To: How much time do you spend in the kitchen?

  • Sunstone

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    October 21, 2022 at 12:28 am

    That sounds like a good policy. I’ve known far too many people who are so used to their parents doing everything for them that they can’t even pay rent, shop for groceries, or clean up after themsevles (because they still live at home and their parents continue to enable their laziness). It’s my eventual goal to have my kids doing more cleaning up after themselves, but right now I only have one that can reach the sink…I should probably make him start getting his own dishes into the dishwasher instead of just taking them to the counter. They do help me a bit with the laundry, mainly sorting and pushing the buttons, and I’m trying to train them to put their clothes in the laundry room instead of all over the floor.

    I think I just spend so much time redirecting them and yelling at them to stop doing this or that, I just don’t want anything new to yell at them about. So I pick my battles and hope I’ll be able to add to their chore list later. I don’t know maybe I should be setting higher standard to begin with. But I also don’t want our house to feel like boot camp where they’re constantly being corrected and reminded.