Submitted by Embarrassed-Mouse-49 t3_z7eduq in Showerthoughts
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zopergmaesk t1_iy65dlg wrote
Correction:
The more kids you have, the more you rely on your DAUGHTERS to help out.
Even when you don't have many kids, it's usually daughters who get to take on the burden of helping out.
rendered_lurker t1_iy6gg34 wrote
Correction: not in all houses. My friend has 3 boys. The oldest helps the younger two and the middle boy helps the youngest.
supwu t1_iy6no63 wrote
Reality for me - expected to raise the younger kids while cooking, cleaning, yard work, mechanic, working in the woods, etc. I made sure to go to college and graduate school so I didn’t ever have to do any of this unless I wanted to. Results are good that I know how to do whatever I would want to do and sucks that my entire childhood was consumed by doing adult work. (BTW - I grew up saying I would never want kids because I knew how much work they were in raising them and stayed true to my word.)
BriCMSN t1_iy6rqb5 wrote
Ignore the downvotes; you’re 100% right.
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