Community Chat

[Citrine1]

@jubilant   Wow, that's quite a story!  It astounds me that your neighbor didn't know how to iron a shirt.  So many skills have gone by the wayside.

I, too, learned to iron at an early age.  When visiting my grandparents on the week-ends, I would iron their pillowcases and her fancy handkerchiefs!  

[Cakers3]

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@jubilant wrote:

@Cakers3   Wow!  A 7 yr. old that can iron. That's pretty impressive. I learned to iron at a fairly young age. When I had young children and we had just moved, a new neighbor asked me if I could iron. She brought over a white business shirt of her husbands and had me iron it. I did and she hired me to iron his shirts. One week I ironed 17 shirts and she paid me well!

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@jubilant I supervised him, though. He didn't iron on his own until later on.

17 shirts! Your neighbor really did not like to iron!😄

[occasionalrain]

I'm against child labor. I didn't have chores when I was a child. Sometimes I'd want to help and was welcome to join in, but it was my choice.

My bedroom was my domain, it could be as messy or neat as I chose.

Reading posts over time, I've come to realize my upbringing was unlike others and, to me, a blessing.

[chrystaltree]

@lgfan

Lol.  Kids can do some chores around the house and do those things.  Just like adults.  I'm playing on my phone but I'll still be able to make dinner 

[chrystaltree]

@monicakm 

That's a good one!  I never thought of that.  

[chrystaltree]

@shoekitty 

That's funny.   When we were kids my middle brother liked  cleaning the kitchen, I'm ncludimolping the floor.  Even when my mom would say, he could just sweep,  he'd  mop.  I would do the dishes.  He'd do everything else.  He also liked folding laundry.  

[Redshoes07]

My older brother and I had chores growing up and so did my sons. Now my younger siblings didn't have chores, I never understood why they were exempt from doing chores, me and my older brothers were peeved about it.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

My younger sister and I had chores growing up. We had to stack the dishwasher and wipe off the table and counters and keep our rooms clean. 

My two girls had chores as well, keeping their rooms clean, putting away their folded clean clothes,etc. Nothing too much, but enough to know how to do a few things and to appreciate having a mother and father who both worked outside the home and with them helping out they became more appreciative of what they had... Now they do the same with their children. 

[goldensrbest]

Agree.

[proudlyfromNJ]

Yes, we all had chores. None were a big deal. Set the dinner table, then clear it. Make your bed, etc.. The one thing my Mother did demand was all her children would go to college and Mom and Dad would pay.