For those who think that is cruel & I am exploiting the children, it is ok. We can agree to disagree. I never learnt how to keep house – didn’t have to. Mum did everything. And whatever she did, I seldom saw coz I was in school. When I got married & had to keep house, I bungled along. It was easy in the beginning coz there were only 2 of us & we were hardly home & never cooked.
Then when David came along – wow! I had to learn fast how to do everything at one go – look after the bb, clean the house & cook! Let me tell you – it was not fun.
I promised myself that my children will not have to learn the hard way like me. The earlier they learn how to manage & run a house, the easier it will be for them later on, whether they get married & have children or not.
To recap : Everyday – vacuuming. Mondays – Ironing. Tuesdays – Kitchen Stove & Sink. Fridays – Deep Cleaning.
So this is how everything (well, almost!) gets done here.
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Belita // January 12, 2009 at 2:12 pm |
Reading your housekeeping is certainly eyeopening bc I always wondered how you do it! To no surprise, we both “exploit” our kids! My kids have a chore to do a day in addition to keeping toys, stationary and clothes. The older 3 (age 5 to 9) take turns to wash the dishes (i.e. rinsing them and drying them); magic mopping the floor and doing laundry ( ie. putting clothes in laundry and folding clothes). So I only cook, hang out laundry and mop the floor every day. Every wed, we change sheets and I actually iron 2x a week bc of school uniforms – urgh – if i homeschooled all i would not have this to do! But I like your point abt not washing outdoor clothes until they are worn twice – unfortunately my kids kinda mess up their clothes, yes even sunday clothes and since they were them till abt 3pm, they tend to stink in Singapore’s humid weather.
What I would like to share is my kids actually prepare Saturday’s meals. I would normally cook up spagetti sauce and they would heat it up and cook spagetti or use it to make lagsana, pizza on Saturdays. So that is my off day and I use it to plan lessons, take a breather, do ironing, clean kitchen/stove/fridge etc.