Do you wash your own dishes after you finished your meals? If you wash everyone's dishes,anyone who helps you?

Question

When I was at home, my Mom and I wash the dishes for our family. How about you ?

Do you think it is important to teach children to wash their own dishes?

Answer 1

At home, since there are only 2 of us and He works long hours...I take care of everything domestic. When the kids were all at home everyone shared in the chores on a rotating basis. I changed the order weekly so everyone would learn every chore.

Answer 2

I live alone and I am a slob, I usually use paper plates, but the dishes I do use sit for a very long time. I once left some silverware for so long it could not be cleaned and I had to toss it out. When I was home I kind of liked washing the dishes. I think it was the warm water and soap.

Answer 3

One of the chores children learn early on is to wash dishes and set the table for a meal. Yes it's important that they learn to wash dishes but also to learn to cook for themselves.

Electric dishwashers are nice, but I wash my own dishes these days.

Answer 4

yes I do, my 3yr old son brings me his plate and cup when he's done, my daugher is 2, she'll start soon but I donot let them wash them yet. I wash the dishes, im a stay at home mom and thats part of it. Saturdays I get to sleep in for 30 minutes ( LOL ) hubby will wash them some but I do it. BUT I Grew up with NO dishwasher my whole life from birth to 19 yrs of age ( when I met hubby ) and I did dishes all the time, it doesnt bother me and we didnt get an allowance for doing it . My mom said in the real world you dont get paid to wash your own dishes, get to it,lol
great question

Answer 5

This is a far better question than it may seem at first reading.
I bought a dish washer about three years ago and it is such a time-saver!
But prior to that purchase my daughter and I did them together.
We continued our dinner conversatiions over the washing up!
I found doing the dishes together was an excellent time to talk.

And yes, I very much think teaching children any household chore is very important.
They have to do it for themselves one day anyhow!

Answer 6

I completely understand how you feel. However, this is not a matter of fairness. This is a matter of citizenship. Your logic only applies in a situation where you cooked all the food and you ate all the food and you washed all the dirty dishes involved. When you partake of a community meal, you accept the obligation to participate in cleaning it up. If you can completely separate yourself from that meal, then you have a good argument regarding not participating in the clean up of it. That will entail purchasing your own food with your own money and eating it in a place that is paid for with your own money with your own silverware and dishes and cooked, if need be, on a stove of your own that uses energy that is billed to you in cookware that you exclusively own. Oh - and you'll need your own refrigerator.

Answer 7

I do all the dishes solo, and yes, it's important to teach children to wash there own dishes!

Answer 8

I wash every bodies dishes those lazy freeloaders!!!but I don't really like people helping me I don't know why I'd rather do it by myself then to have people help me and yes I do think it's important

Answer 9

I live with my mom and brother. I haven't washed dishes since I was in like 10th grade, but I do know how to do it, I just don't have the time.

Answer 10

LOL! LOL!! LOL!! My son puts the dishes away and he does nothing but piss and moan. I find the time as a way to catch up on what's going on in his day. He does NOT! It's important to teach kids anything.