Read on Twitter
Mothers can teach their children that chores aren't gendered and all but you know how children learn? By observing. They watch their parents. And if dad doesn't actively participate, they look foward to being a dad who doesn't participate too. Even if they did chores growing up.
They know chores are hard. They did them. It's like when an apprentice graduates. Or juniors turn seniors. The expectation that they're to be catered to was modeled to them & they look forward to it. Who doesn't want promotion into enjoyment? Why would anyone give up the benefit?
If you watched your mother work nonstop, you're going to think that's your wife's role. It's going to take deliberately challeging the status quo for you to do things differently. That's what the men who are stepping up now are doing. That's what we need more of.
Hopefully our children will see more examples of love as everyone serving everyone. Catering to each other. Lightening each other's load.
Not entitlement and demands that position one person as a "superhero" who is "wired" for hard labor. As we know better, we'll do better.
Not entitlement and demands that position one person as a "superhero" who is "wired" for hard labor. As we know better, we'll do better.