• bus_factor@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Literally every chore I give my kids would have been faster and easier to do myself. Saving time or effort is not the point of the exercise.

    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Yeah, every time this (frequent) repost comes up there’s always this exchange, between people who see chores as a way to offload a parent’s household work and those who see chores as a way to teach children how to build their own life skills as future adults.