SuZir
Well-Known Member
Got an awesome call from difficult child, though would have maybe preferred it in writing, so I could have framed it and hang it to my kitchen wall.
difficult child thanked me on making him do chores when younger! Tee hee hee! This is from the kid who used to fight tooth and nail for most of his chores, accuse us of child exploitation, laziness and what not because he had to do house work "more than any kid in the planet", because I and husband "were too lazy to do our work ourselves." Just two short weeks living with the kid, who has mostly escaped chores, and household skills, till his early twenties has made him to see the light in the matter. I doubt he still understands that we used at least the triple the time and effort to teach and make him to do the chores than it would have taken to do them ourselves, but he certainly has noticed that he did gain some valuable skills from them. Of course living on his own for 2,5 years has taught him more, but noticing how clueless one can be, if not taught at home has been eye-opening experience.
His roommate don't know how to clean, cook, do laundry, put together an Ikea furniture or how to pick after himself. At home they had a maid to do those things and at college there apparently were girls who wanted party invitations or whatever and 'helped' him with laundry and stuff or he used laundry service. And mom came and cleaned the dorm room at spring. Living in small European city with much less available services and no healthy take-away options is a shock for him. And difficult child is equally flabbergasted.
I told difficult child to do me a favour and metion it to easy child. And if he feels like spreading the wealth, he would make his aunts and uncles very happy by telling some stories and sharing this new found wisdom to his younger cousins.
But really, tee hee hee! I doubt my little whelp has any idea how many brownie points he just scored
difficult child thanked me on making him do chores when younger! Tee hee hee! This is from the kid who used to fight tooth and nail for most of his chores, accuse us of child exploitation, laziness and what not because he had to do house work "more than any kid in the planet", because I and husband "were too lazy to do our work ourselves." Just two short weeks living with the kid, who has mostly escaped chores, and household skills, till his early twenties has made him to see the light in the matter. I doubt he still understands that we used at least the triple the time and effort to teach and make him to do the chores than it would have taken to do them ourselves, but he certainly has noticed that he did gain some valuable skills from them. Of course living on his own for 2,5 years has taught him more, but noticing how clueless one can be, if not taught at home has been eye-opening experience.
His roommate don't know how to clean, cook, do laundry, put together an Ikea furniture or how to pick after himself. At home they had a maid to do those things and at college there apparently were girls who wanted party invitations or whatever and 'helped' him with laundry and stuff or he used laundry service. And mom came and cleaned the dorm room at spring. Living in small European city with much less available services and no healthy take-away options is a shock for him. And difficult child is equally flabbergasted.
I told difficult child to do me a favour and metion it to easy child. And if he feels like spreading the wealth, he would make his aunts and uncles very happy by telling some stories and sharing this new found wisdom to his younger cousins.
But really, tee hee hee! I doubt my little whelp has any idea how many brownie points he just scored