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30 Instances Parents Couldn’t Make Children Do Chores, And Shared This Experience In Funny Tweets
I’ll tell you what - this thread on X caught my eye this morning when I was making the beds of my 10 Y.O. twin daughters - simply because they couldn’t agree among themselves on whose bed they would start from (they usually do it together), and I couldn’t stand this squabble anymore... And you know, most of these tweets are about myself too. And actually about any of the parents on this planet.
Yes, the overwhelming majority of children don't like doing chores - and when parents or relatives try to teach them to do so, they show real miracles of ingenuity and wit in trying to avoid it. So please feel free to read this selection of ‘chores vs kids’ posts shared by parents on X.
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Angrykitten 1 year ago
My sis just mentioned how she did more chores when we were kids than I did. I'm 47 she is 45.
In fact, if we compare modern kids with us in our childhood, now the variety of options for a child to have a good time and have fun is really impressive, so they really don’t have enough time for doing chores while there are so many interesting things around! And, in the end, cleaning is so boring when a whole unexplored world really lies in front of you!
At the same time, experts are absolutely sure that kids do need and benefit from doing chores. No, not just because it makes the house cleaner, but because it develops many useful social skills. “Research shows that kids who have household responsibilities are more likely to step up and help others outside the home,” Psychology Today quotes Laura Markham Ph.D., “My theory is that these kids are accustomed to helping, and they see their contributions. Responsibility at home really does make kids better citizens." This is entirely correct, and in this way, children develop at least a sense of responsibility.
But what to do if your kids flatly refuse to help you around the house? Various interesting tricks come to the rescue, in particular, gamification - since children find chores so boring. So, Laura Markham advises parents try the following:
- Make it about fun and mastery;
- Make it about connection and appreciation;
- Change your attitude about why kids are doing chores;
- Teach;
- Cede control;
- Focus on the positive.
After all, loading the dishwasher is always more interesting if you imagine that it is, for example, a spaceship (this is what I convince myself to do, because in our household it’s usually me who does it, and I actually hate doing it...) Damn it, gamification works for adults too!
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Be that as it may, what kids cannot be denied is a completely unique and inimitable sense of humor, when they know how to say something with an absolutely innocent look, which makes us look completely awkward and silly with all our 'wise' attempts to work out useful skills for them. So please just scroll this list to its very end now, and maybe add your own 'kids versus chores' tales in the comments under this post as well.
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Cosmikid 1 year ago
Hey, kiddo! This week we're going to play Robin Hood! I'm Robin- and you're gonna be Friar Tuck! " "The fat guy who eats a lot!" "Yeah! Him!" "Cool, where's the ale?" "Ha. Remember, Friars have to live by the rules of their Abby." "Yeah..?" "First rule: Didn't work today? You don't eat today."
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Always end with a laugh 1 year ago
A kindergartener helping with chores will cause more work needed than there was to start lol
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Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
Send pics of your fainting couch! I will acquire one, and "faint" on it for several hours each day...
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Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
All I need is a star-sticker chart, a new star for every chore chart I make...
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Brian Droste 1 year ago (edited)
For that type of wages I will come over and do your chores for you.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago
It's Twitter. Don't let the space Karen take ownership of a letter.
copycontentbylola 1 year ago
I love that there are parents who can't "make" their children do chores...ha ha 🤣 Like it's a choice or something ha ha
Cosmikid 1 year ago
There are unplumbed mysteries here. :-) I've lived in a Tiny House in the woods, off grid, forever. Wood stove. Pretty straight demo- no wood to put in the fire? Or nobody put any in the fire? YOUR TOES WILL FREEZE. The kids had "skin in the game." Pretty easy to get a bit of help with firewood. Tiny toddler daughter thought helping push the sled load of wood (heavy) through deep snow- was terrific fun. But. After kids have gone to school a while, hung out town kids? It seems like they can't understand why we don't just have a thermostat like normal people. Skin in the game helps - but- It's like Murphy's 3rd Corollary: "If there is any possible way to weasel out of chores, a teenager will find it."
Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago
It's Twitter. Don't let the space Karen take ownership of a letter.
copycontentbylola 1 year ago
I love that there are parents who can't "make" their children do chores...ha ha 🤣 Like it's a choice or something ha ha
Cosmikid 1 year ago
There are unplumbed mysteries here. :-) I've lived in a Tiny House in the woods, off grid, forever. Wood stove. Pretty straight demo- no wood to put in the fire? Or nobody put any in the fire? YOUR TOES WILL FREEZE. The kids had "skin in the game." Pretty easy to get a bit of help with firewood. Tiny toddler daughter thought helping push the sled load of wood (heavy) through deep snow- was terrific fun. But. After kids have gone to school a while, hung out town kids? It seems like they can't understand why we don't just have a thermostat like normal people. Skin in the game helps - but- It's like Murphy's 3rd Corollary: "If there is any possible way to weasel out of chores, a teenager will find it."
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