Originally Posted by akrogirl
My mother worked, but she still had remnants of that mentality. However, I was the one expected to do the dusting and vacuuming, plus get dinner started, when I got home from school. My brother, of course, never had to do anything (I was also the one who helped our father work on the car!) :roll: It sure put me off housekeeping for life ;-)
My parents have a pretty traditional marriage, but one thing I've always appreciated was that my little brother (although my mom still spoiled/spoils him more because he's the baby) had to do housework just like my sister and I. He lives with two or three roommates now, and he's the only one who can cook. I had a friend whose family was not that way - the boys were treated better and seen as "more important" by the parents, and she had to do A LOT of the housework and taking care of things that they did not have to. She was the oldest and she had to grow up fast.