One of the benefits of chores is that crushes children's sense of entitlement. It also helps them understand that all the material comforts we enjoy today don’t arise magically.
👏👏👏Agree totally - the sense of entitlement engendered by the attempts of many misguided parents to give “ my child a better life than I had” is incredibly damaging in the long run. I remember household chores being part of the responsibility of a member of a family.The other lesson that served me well was that as soon as I was able if I wanted things that were not necessities in life I had to earn the money to pay for them. As a six and seven year old I collected discarded Coke bottles for the deposits. As a teenager I mowed lawns, cleaned yards and delivered new soakers after school. Before my freshman year in college I worked for the local,sewer department, a job in which I learned many diverse skills including how to keep manhole covers from rattling and how to shovel sh….🙂🙂When I was given a scholarship to a private school I waited on tables there in return. And after getting a scholarship to college I worked as a janitor to earn spending money. And I am still proud of doing these things and the lessons that they taught me, including to value the work of what many describe as “menial” tasks but as I simply view as honest work. I have been n successful in life beyond my expectations, and the work ethic instilled in me certainly contributed to that success. When individuals ignorant of my background disagree with my political philosophy and tell me that I “ just don’t understand “ the plight of the average working person I quickly disabuse them of that misguided belief and point out how prejudiced and ignorant their worldview is.
👏👏👏Agree totally - the sense of entitlement engendered by the attempts of many misguided parents to give “ my child a better life than I had” is incredibly damaging in the long run. I remember household chores being part of the responsibility of a member of a family.The other lesson that served me well was that as soon as I was able if I wanted things that were not necessities in life I had to earn the money to pay for them. As a six and seven year old I collected discarded Coke bottles for the deposits. As a teenager I mowed lawns, cleaned yards and delivered new soakers after school. Before my freshman year in college I worked for the local,sewer department, a job in which I learned many diverse skills including how to keep manhole covers from rattling and how to shovel sh….🙂🙂When I was given a scholarship to a private school I waited on tables there in return. And after getting a scholarship to college I worked as a janitor to earn spending money. And I am still proud of doing these things and the lessons that they taught me, including to value the work of what many describe as “menial” tasks but as I simply view as honest work. I have been n successful in life beyond my expectations, and the work ethic instilled in me certainly contributed to that success. When individuals ignorant of my background disagree with my political philosophy and tell me that I “ just don’t understand “ the plight of the average working person I quickly disabuse them of that misguided belief and point out how prejudiced and ignorant their worldview is.