Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cleaning children's room

[Kay Wilson Fisk (kwilsonfisk]

Amen. And, as someone who has already raised my kids, I would
add: When your kids came to my house to play, I had to get my
kids and their friends to clean up the mess (never happened), I
either had to get my kids to clean up the mess, or, like the
Little Red Hen, I had to do it myself.

So I look at the kids room as "been there, done that." If parents
don't want to clean up after their kids, they should train their
kids to do it. If they don't train their kids, well, it's their
problem!

(I love all our kids - but that's where it stops!)

Kay

-----Original Message-----

> I am curious why the children's room would be singled out as
needing a special cleaning procedure.  Why is that not a chore to
be distributed like any other community task?  Are other
community rooms only cleaned by users?  Is the parking lot swept
only by those who drive card?  Seems an arbitrary distinction
that puts more burden on young families than on other community
members.  Is that what's desired? 

Because allowing children to play in the room without cleaning up
is like allowing people to cook and serve meals in the kitchen
without cleaning up. The CH would look a mess until someone
wanted to cook a meal badly enough to clean up first. I doubt if
the people who signed up to clean the CH signed up to do all
those dishes.
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