One Mother's Day I sat and listened to a gentleman go on and on about all the super-human things his mother had done for him. At some point during his talk he said, "For you young people, imagine if your mothers went on strike." Now I was paying attention. He was about to give my boys some crazy ideas about what I was supposed to be doing.
"Imagine," he went on, "that your mothers quit doing your laundry, quit making your meals, quit cleaning up after you."
At this point, Quinlan leaned over to me and whispered, "Are you on strike?"
The boys began folding (okay--nicely wadding) their own clothes when they were five years old. They completely took over their laundry by the time they were ten. They have done dishers for years.
Once while, watching television, a comercial for a mop came on. Quinlan asked, "Why do they market mops to women?" I knew he was asking the question because he had never seen a woman use a mop. "They should market mops to teenaged boys," he quipped.
Teaching boys to do household chores looks a lot like striking.
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One time in church, a guy gave the tribute-of-the-century to his mom during a mothers day talk. It has nothing to do with God or Christ or motherhood in general, but only why his mom was better than all the other moms and how no matter how they tried, they could never even attempt to be a fraction as wonderful as his mom. Midway through the talk, he called his mom up to the pulpit, so he could give her a GIANT bouquet of like 2+ dozen roses.
We were all deeply touched.
I can’t tell if you were teaching your 5 year old the meaning of responsibility, and instilling a good work ethic at an early age, or if your 5 year old was tied of getting his close out of the drier and dressing himself in the pantry, so therefore took it upon himself to wad his cloths. Hey, ether way, nature or nurture you-da-mom.
They say laziness is the mother of all invention. I think your laziness has given birth to two boys, which will make great wives someday. … high 5 to laziness, Yea
Having done my share of laundry and dishes, I appreciate Quinlin's desire to be acknowledged in ads for cleaning products.
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