The Sunday Mail magazine interviewed some parents about whether children should do chores at home. Different people have different opinions.
Ms Miller thinks that kids these days already have enough stress from school. They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. When kids get older, they will have to do housework. So there is no need for them to do it now. She thinks that doing chores is not so difficult.
However, Mr. Smith disagrees with her. He thinks it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It’s not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. Doing chores helps children to be independent and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Everyone should do their part in keeping the house clean and tidy. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.
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I am Sally. I live in a small city. My husband works two jobs and I just stay at home to take care of my only child. He likes cooking, so we take turns making dinner. But I never ask him to do much. He always works hard to give us a better life. All I ask him to do is to take out the rubbish and clean the cat box when it isn’t clean. They all take less than five minutes so they don’t waste too much time.
Today we had something more than normal days because I spent all yesterday cleaning the house. I asked him if he would mind taking the rubbish out to the dustbin (垃圾箱). And then he came back with “The dustbin isn’t that far of a walk, you know.” Not a big thing, but it was that I did a lot to make sure the house was clean. I knew he was saying “You’re lazy for asking me to do one small thing.” But at that time, it just made me a little angry. He is a very nice man. But sometimes what he does like this time really makes me want to hit him.
This made me wonder: Is it normal for everyone in one’s home to help out around the house? It’s true for me to have a trouble.
Sally looks after her only child at home. Her husband always works hard to It’s |
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