One sign of a mature individual is that they do the housework as needed instead of constantly having someone remind them to get off the couch. It’s a great thing to teach your children these habits so that they grow into confident and capable adults. Some people still categorize chores into ‘manly’ and ‘girly’ ones, by gender, even though objectively everything’s just a task that needs to be done. Good parents know that their kids need to know how to complete a very wide range of tasks, regardless of what they are, to succeed in life.
A dad turned to the AITA online community for advice regarding a bit of tension at home. He explained how he’d been teaching his 11-year-old daughter how to be more independent, including how to do ‘guy’ chores like mowing the lawn. However, the man’s wife got upset about this. Read on for the full story, as well as to see how various internet users reacted to the squabble over parenting.
