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| | From:  JulieJM1 (Original Message) | Sent: 4/15/2005 7:34 PM |
HELP! My dd (12) has been doing the dishes everynight after supper for a couple of years. She has broken about 1 dish a week for the last several months. After Christmas, we had to buy a new set of dishes so that everyone would have matching plates (thank goodness for Wal-mart clearance aisle). For the last month, we have been finding dirty dishes in the cupboard. Now I know everyone misses something now and again, but this is every day. I tried inspecting the dishes after she does them, and making her do them over, but she was still doing dishes at 10 pm. My husband got so disgusted, that he told her not to do dishes anymore (yes, he actually did dishes for the first time in 5 years). I have a sneaking suspicion that was her plan all along. Any ideas how to resolve this dilemma? Thanks, Julie |
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Do you have enough dishes to just leave them in the dish drainer overnight? Perhaps if she had to rewash one or two in the mornings before school that would work? Don't take my opinion though cause ds does nothing and I'm not the greatest on follow through (I couldn't possibly do what I suggested)... |
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| | | From: Melcou1 | Sent: 4/16/2005 11:39 AM |
my daughter 8 does our dishes morning ones..latel she forgets to wash out the dish dergent..it tastes yuck... um we get her to re wash them much to her discussed... maybe it was your daughters plan after all to get out of the dishes not sure... personally i would keep making her do them even if its late or leave them till the next morning |
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My question is this...have you talked with her about it? I agree that her plan was to get "fired" from the job of dish washer. Maybe your husband can take turns with her. Maybe she can take over another chore...like the cooking and meal planning. Maybe she can "earn" a reward of some type for doing a proper job. I think that if she learns to do a bad job, then she won't have to do it any more is a rotten idea...that may lead to other "bad jobs" being done. Not a positive lesson learned. |
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I'm thinking your daughter is bored of that chore! She's 12 and has been doing the dishes for a few years?? Is there any chance she could get reassigned to something and have a bit of a change of pace? Perhaps rotate her between two or three different chores? I have each of my kiddos do one chore for each year old they are (the 6 yr old has 6 chores a day). So far it's working out great...but I'll keep you posted, hee hee. Good luck...keep us posted!  Cathy |
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