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tfw someone just steals feelings out of your brain and puts them to words (slrpnk.net)

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 4 weeks ago

Shit, sounds a lot like my mom. She always complained I never helped with chores, but she never asked or told me to do any. Worse, whenever I did anything, like washing the dishes, instead of saying "thanks", she would tell me to stop because she'd do it.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

I remember this progress as a kid. Nothing was taught until after I did something wrong. It ended up discouraging me from trying, because every time I did something that I thought was "right," my mom complained about it.

At first the rule was "put dirty dishes in the sink."

Then when I put dishes in the sink, the complaint became, "Why did you put dishes in the sink without washing them?"

So then I learned to wash dishes, and set them in the drying rack. To which my mom would complain, "Why are there dishes in the drying rack? You should put them away."

Okay, so I washed and put dishes in the cabinets. "Why are the dishes all wet?"

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How about teaching kids each step beforehand, instead of complaining that they don't magically know/do everything?