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Date Posted:20:56:25 07/06/10 Tue In reply to:
Dr. magun-Jackson
's message, "Assignment 5" on 11:39:05 07/05/10 Mon
I was the youngest of three children and was raised in a home with both parents. My mom stayed home until I was in the third grade. This was her choice. My parents not only shared all of the responsibilities, I would say my mother was extremely fortunate. My dad liked to take care of all of us in every way and he did most of the chores except cooking and ironing. Basically he did what he enjoyed and my mom did what she enjoyed. It didn't hurt that he was also a little obsessive-compulsive and liked to have everything tidy.
I feel a little guilty reading everyone's posts. My brothers and I were assigned dish washing or dish drying duties (we didn't have a dishwasher). We didn't have any other chores. I had friends who had to help clean their houses and that puzzled me because I thought that only parents did that.
I always felt that we were given the message that chores get done by the people who want to do them or who can do them the best.
Both of my brothers emulated my dad and participate fully in household and child rearing responsibilities. One of my brothers stayed home to raise his daughter while his wife went back to work. He was the better housekeeper and cook and adored being a full-time dad.
I stayed home for many years because I wanted to be the one to raise my kids. Because I was home, I did most of the indoor household jobs. Now that I'm working my husband and I share them. The only problem is that we have different standards about certain things, so our definitions of clean aren't necessarily the same.
Traditional female chores Traditional male chores
cooking(Mom)
cleaning (Mom & Dad)
laundry(Dad)
taking care of children(Mom & Dad)
shop (Dad)
