The two of us supply all our children chores so that they believe how to be more responsible in life.
It just aggravates myself and others though when they fuss about doing their chores.
The children are also regularly fighting about who is making messes in the beach house and who should be cleaning what. The two of us made it clear who has to cover which chores around the house, yet they still manage to argument about everything. Our kid the other afternoon was complaining about having to change the air filter to the HVAC system because it was ‘frightening’ in the basement. I asked him if she was afraid of a few spiders and dust, then how was she ever going to make it when she was living on her own. I asked if she was going to just not change the air filters and get proper HVAC maintenance. I had to push and tell him if she failed to do those things, her air quality at lake beach house would be terrible and she might develop breathing complications and be frequenting the hospital more often. Not to mention, I explained that her HVAC system would inevitably fail and I asked if that’s what she wanted. Of course she said she knew she needed a working HVAC system so she was able to catch my point. She didn’t supply myself and others any concerns about changing the air filters after that, however she still fights with her siblings and sisters about cleaning up other things around the house. They also argument over the temperature control settings all the time. I believe I will have to guess of a solution to that issue, prefer investing in a zoned HVAC system.