Would you make your children cook and clean?

I know people in their 20s who still have their parents doing their cooking and cleaning for them, claiming to not know long to boil rice, or how to cook a chicken, or how to use a washing machine.

I take it you're going through a phase of teenage angst right now and are pissed off at your parents for making you pitch in? Aww diddums.

If I had the time I'd probably teach my 9 year old to do more cooking. She's desperate to cook full dinners, but right now things are hectic so I try and cook as quickly as I can. I know she'd be good at it though. When I was her age I baked buns and cakes on my own, and made things like scrambled / boiled eggs, welsh rarebits, pasta and so on. I hope to get a bit of chance to teach her more during the summer.I'm also planning a session on how to use the washing machine at some point soon for both the 9 and 7 year olds (though my 7 year old has short term memory problems, so I'll probably need to teach him what to do at least 10 times before he retains what I'm telling him).

That is bad parenting fullstop, nothing to do with making them clean and cook from young. If you bring them up well they wouldnt do that. Just admit it

lol and people automatically know how to cook without being taught, do they?

Part of bringing children up well, is teaching them how to handle things in a house. Age appropriate tasks prepare them.

As for "making them cook" - hahaha, they WANT to cook. They love cooking!

Admittedly they don't love cleaning (apart from hoovering, they all love hoovering, they fight over the hoover), but tough, we're a family, we all live here, we all make the messes (they make far more mess than I do!), we all pitch in together. I don't sit back and watch them clean, I get the lion's share, but they damned well have to do something to help, yes, and I'm not remotely ashamed of that.

Go whinge at your own parents if you have a problem with your chores poppet.

lol and people automatically know how to cook without being taught, do they?

Part of bringing children up well, is teaching them how to handle things in a house. Age appropriate tasks prepare them.

As for "making them cook" - hahaha, they WANT to cook. They love cooking!

Admittedly they don't love cleaning (apart from hoovering, they all love hoovering, they fight over the hoover), but tough, we're a family, we all live here, we all make the messes (they make far more mess than I do!), we all pitch in together. I don't sit back and watch them clean, I get the lion's share, but they damned well have to do something to help, yes, and I'm not remotely ashamed of that.

Go whinge at your own parents if you have a problem with your chores poppet.

My two boys (6&3) make their beds and tidy up their toys. They put their dinner plates at sink and make sure sweetie wrappers and stuff are put in the bin.

When it comes to cooking I let them help me (safety first obviously) my mum taught me and one of best skill I have left home with. My husband on other hand can't cook to save himself before he met me!


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yep, they dont need to be taught, if they can spend countless hours in front of their instagrams and facebooks and twitter im sure they are well capable of googling recipes

yep, they dont need to be taught, if they can spend countless hours in front of their instagrams and facebooks and twitter im sure they are well capable of googling recipes

Better scrap cookery lessons in school as well then according to you.

YES!!! A fellow parent after my own heart!!!


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yep they exist because people are lazy

It's the only sensible way really

I will admit mine don't make their beds on a morning. I don't make my own bed to be honest, the duvet just sort of gets flung back on.

*guilty confession* lol

Beginning to think you're just bored this evening and thought 'hey I know, I'll go troll TSR for a while for ****s and giggles.'

well thought out response i see