Dear Lois, What are your thoughts about teaching kids how to clean?
By the time our kids move out of the house they should know how to tidy, clean, do their laundry and navigate a kitchen.
I consider this baseline behavior for an able-bodied adult human being. As we watch our children grow, we learn how difficult it can be to teach them these skills. We also have our own set of struggles with domesticity, which makes this a tricky subject for parents to navigate. It’s almost as if we forget that the real work is to raise healthy, functioning, emotionally intelligent human beings whose internal compass points toward love.
