On the opposite end of the spectrum from my parenting is this:
My daughter doesn’t have a bum summer like most kids. She has a list of nonnegotiable daily chores, has to workout and has to actively pass out her resume, apply online for jobs and if she doesn’t have a job or being scheduled for interviews by the end of this week, she’ll be working around the house.
She also has to meal PLAN, write out a grocery list and meal PREP on her designated day of the week so it doesn’t clash with my husband or my meal prep days. She also has a designated laundry day where does everyone’s towels.
If she does it on her own initiative and because that’s what her own way of being requires, that’s fantastic. If it’s forced on her by the parents, chances are she’ll get into drinking, drugging, and debauchery in a couple of years. The capital letters in PLAN and PREP make me want to engage in drinking, drugging, and debauchery, and I don’t have to be in that kind of household anymore.
The point is to get them to want to do this. Forcing works until a point, after which it doesn’t, and a counter reaction sets in.
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