Should daughters be in charge of chores?

both should do the chores together.we are far from the good old days of era's.nowadays, it doesn't matter whether you are girl/boy everyone should do the house chores together.both should learn how to do so.that is just my opinion.

hi there~ we're the same! and when i said 'same' i mean the exact same no. of siblings in exactly the same positions! i'm the 3rd child too! i'm in college now and live separately with the rest of my family, so i haven't had any problems with house chores for some time. when i was in high school, house chores were a major pain in the a*s. but i should say that i was in a better situation than you are in now. i share housework with my two brothers. one of them is a bit lazy but he does his share anyhow. of course everybody in th family should have his/her share of the work. not only to keep things fair, but also because every member of the family should learn how to maintain a nice and clean home. my mom used to say that before we become grown-ups, all of us should have tried cleaning the house, cooking, washing dishes, washing clothes, etc. i'm lucky my brothers don't consider household chores as female responsibilities.

I feel that all members of a family should share equally in keeping up the house. Everyone needs to learn how to do things, from cooking and cleaning to laundry and washing dishes. There is no more "woman's work" and "men's work". When I became sick and had to stay in bed for an extended period of time, my husband took over all household tasks, and I am very glad he knew how to do it. Men need to be able to take care of themselves, just as wemen do, so all need to learn how to care for the home.

absolutely not! i'm a daughter and the eldest child too. in our home, all of us siblings (there's 4 of us)have specific chores. my parents divided the chores so that no one will complain. besides, I sort of grew up thinking that men should be in charge of the chores. weird, i know. that's because it's my dad who keeps the order at home - he does everything from cooking to sweeping the backyard, from feeding the animals to doing the laundry (that is, if us kids aren't there to do the laundry). the additional responsibility that goes to me though is reminding and making sure my younger siblings did their work. but that's mainly because i'm the eldest. ^_^

i can fairly relate to your situation, as the only daughter of the family im always asked to do the household chores at home while my two brothers always watched tv at their rooms. i think its unfair for us to do most of the chores. Our brothers should do or at least helped us sometimes at home.

Both should do household chores. Parents should teach their children how to be responsible so that in the near future they can run your home without any help needed. Boys should be able to know how to cook and clean and girls should be able to fix a leaking faucet and paint a wall. Chores should be equally divided and if possible there must be some rotation for doing the chores so that each can have time allocated for their studies.

When I was growing up I realized early on that parents expect their daughters to help them in the household chores, while the sons are supposed to help the father in manly/physically challenging activities like repairs, painting the house, etc. So in a way there was division of labor, only the kind of work were classified as appropriate either for female or male.

It is only fair that all family members participate in household chores. They should not be left to the females to do alone. Everyone that lives in the house should pull together and combine their efforts. Putting things on one gender is not right. We should not assume that girls should be left to do the housework. The males are just as capable.

I'm a firm believer that eveyone should share in the chores. When I was growing up we had our set of chores that had to be done daily. My kids help around the house with there chores. My spouse and I work full time, so often times we don't get home till late. It makes everyone life go alot smoother it everyone pitch in and helps. It is my belief that is more kids help around the house, alot of the things they get into wouldn't happen. Guys pitch in and help out, if nothing else cause it is the right thing to do.

This is the medieval ages anymore. These are times when it acceptable that husbands stay at home to take of the children and wives go to work, to bring home the bacon, so to speak. So, my answer is YES; they should do chores without the need to be asked. Besides, they are older than you, they should be the more responsible ones.

Hey, you're the eldest so apparently you got the authority to order your younger brothers around. But you can do it on your own sweet way. When I was younger I always followed my older sister as she was so kind and sweet to me and would give me presents afterward. Maybe you could do that too, by rewarding your younger brothers after helping do the household chores =)