Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: fair share of chores

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Berkeley Cohousing is on a tiny (and very beautiful) plot of land, in a
completely built-out urban environment. I can't imagine they could add more
units.

-Liz
-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento California

http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing/
tamgoddess [at] home.com
> From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:53:13 -0500
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_fair share of chores
> 
>> Our community would like to know how other communities deal with situations
>> where members cannot do their share of the cooking and other chores because
>> of age-related limitations.
> 
> We have an 82 (?) who has discovered sweeping the walks and it is wonderful.
> We always have clean walks. He also helps in the kitchen after meals,
> filling trays for the dishwasher.
> 
> I don't think you should assume that "age related" is the issue. It just
> means adjusting ALL chores to the abilities of the residents -- children
> included. 
> 
> But 14 is a small number. It would be harder than for our larger community.
> Build more units?
> 
> Sharon
> -- 
> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
> 
> 
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