"Its good for you my child"

I think it is good...I am sorry I agree with nuns on that...quite often such works are assigned to those who are inclined to sit in any corner and not mingle...such things work like... You either stay put and put on weight and be condemned with this kind of work, or Go out there and join others so that you are not isolated.. Another reason this is good is, it generates reactions in mind similar to exercise. In places where there is not much to play with...(the 13 to 19 age group are the worst off since most schools and housing societies do not have games suiting their age group, and they also are uncomfortable playing due to hormonal changes that bring in some level of awkwardness)...such an alternative is good. However, it should be done according to the age of the child. A ten year old or even a 13 years old should not be asked to mop the entire house..not done. :)

I'm ok with responsibilities around the house but not under those categories. I wouldn't tell mine it was to lose weight or be a good housewife. I usually use these responsibilities to teach them how to be independent and capable of caring for themselves once they are on their own.

I wish I had had my children do more chores at home, but I would have been doing them right alongside of them. We do not have house servants here, so all of us need to learn to do our part toward household upkeep. I never had my children do anything I was not willing to do however. Just having the kids do it because you do not want to is not right.

My 5 year old told me his teacher told them to help ‘mom’ at home for works. He tells me ‘I will help you to wash the utensils’, (My reply in my mind, my dear son I can do it myself you please don’t disturb me lol) and my reply to him it is too cold water (due to winter) and you will become sick I can do my self. Ok can you help me to fold the cloths, the small items (washed and dried)? ‘Oh Mom this much cloths, I can’t do’… so the intention is to play with water not helping mom. I think the intention of his teacher is pure. May be she wants to teach some good habits. I do appreciate that. Forcing kids to work for losing weight is somewhat disgusting. There are so many other methods to shed off their weight.

hi allknowing I hate that stuff as it's child labor., I think children can be given little tasks like loading the washer or folding towels but not to do moms work. I helped in the kitchen as I wanted to but not because my mom forced me to. I had to do the dishes every so often but to make slaves out of little innocent kids is not good just exploiting them.Kids on farms have a certain amount of chores but also much play time too.Having soe chores is good for kids but let them play most of the time.

I think that teaching kids to be responsible is fine. And they should learn to do things as soon as they are able to handle such chores. But to make children suffer by doing it for a long time or trying to make the floors as white as snow, well, I think that is far too much.

I do think chores are good from a moms view but that should be everyone in the house doing chores not just the children. I don't think it should be a punishment either. I don't make my 2 year old daughter sit on the floor washing it. She does clean little things and mostly that is her hands and face when it's dirty. I help her with that and of course picking up some of her toys. She has a toy cleaning set and some times will pretend to clean the house, or pretend to cook but she is a child that is normal to act things out.