Originally Posted by TanyaL
This is for the grandmothers with the age 8 GD. My youngest GD just had her 9th BD in August and I am at my wits end with her step-mother. Fortunately we don't live very close and she doesn't have to put up with me too often. She decided about 8 months ago that my DGD was old enough to do her own laundry! So no more helping her with washing, drying, folding and of course step-mom does not iron! You can imagine the wrinkled mess that my GD goes to school - she tries hard to look nice, but she looks like a kid did her clothes. And her mom says, "I wish I had time to do it for her but I work full time." My GD is the ONLY child. the job is 8-5 in a bank. My son says, "All the kids today dress and look like that. No one irons clothes anymore, mom." I have started doing some sewing for her, of course using perm. press. I hate it when kids have a harder time growing up than is necessary. She also has to do all the cleaning of her room without any help and clean the kitchen 3 nights a week after supper with no help.
Am I just biased? What is your opinion? She was 8 1/2 when the rules went into effect.
I don't think that is too much work -
the "however" I have - is she being shown how to do this "the right way for that household" - or just yelled at if she does something "wrong" ?
The reason for the question - My Mom mentioned that when she was a young girl her mother never told or showed her HOW she was supposed to do something - only fussed at Momif it wasn't done the way that she wanted it done!