Week 6: #3

        When it comes to growing up and becoming a teenager and then becoming an adult really gets your mind to thinking. Talking about chores and the fact that they have been around for millions of years in families and growing up. I had very modern chores around my household when I was growing up. There are four people in my family; my dad, mom, brother and myself. Chores came very easily and natural in my family. It was easier because there were four of us and my parents were always doing a chore around the house. My father was always barbequing, taking out the garbage’s, taking care of the back yard, carrying heavy objects, and the manly father stuff a father would do. On the other hand, he loved doing all that stuff. These I would call chores, it was something he was doing every single day. My mother would do what a lady in the modern and now days would do as chores. Laundry, cleaning the house, vacuuming, dishes, keeping the house organized. All these things my mother was doing around my house every single day to make sure my brother and I lived in a good environment and learn to teach our kids to do chores and help their parents out as they get older. Also, learning and growing up to be respectful and to do whatever your parents ask. My brother and I had similar chores but they varied. My parents would make sure that my brother and I had our rooms always clean in case we had company over. My mom was always a very responsible and had a lot of hospitality toward her guests whether it was family or not. We always had to make sure that under our bed wasn’t cluttered with stuff so the dust can build up. My mom had me do a chore of watering the plants in the backyard and the front yard three times a week for about eight minutes every time. It is always important to keep the front and the back of your house green and not brown. My brother and I also had a chore of keeping our toys in the bucket. We both had so many toys and for the most part, the toys were always lying around everywhere to trip on. “ when you are done playing with the toy put it back in the bucket when you are finished with it then get another toy” my mom said. Which is very true, and my brother and I started slowing putting away our toys. All the chores my brother and I had to do when we were growing up were very modern and neutral. The roles my parents take on are very traditional gender roles for each gender male and female. My brother and I had very reasonable chores growing up; chores that we will make traditional to teach our kids how to be respectful and to help out their parents growing up as a young child. Chores are part of life and have a huge traditional effect on millions of families all from all over the world.