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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2026
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Children aren't slaves.
Cleaning up the dishes from a meal you ate but did not put anything into isn’t being a fucking slave.
Do your chores
I simply said "children aren't slaves," and you took that personally.
Do your own chores, you chose to make the mess.
Then cook your own food. You sound exactly like the spoiled little bitch kids that my friends raise with the same attitude. Worst kids I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna have a hard life when they hit adulthood and realize they actually have to do things for themselves.
I do. I buy it, I cook it, and I clean up after myself, no dishwasher. It's difficult because I associate these chores with guilt and punishment because my parents were also authoritarian and abusive.
You sound unhinged.
They almost certainly already have a hard life. Stupid, selfish parents don't consider how much pain they're passing along by creating life they can't care for in a society that expects us all to work to death while the planet burns around us.
Neither are parents.
They chose the circumstances, they chose to reproduce. The child did not choose to be born.
Does that mean that a child is absolved of any chores they don't like?
Generally, yes. Children should have autonomy over their own selves. The challenge for parents is to teach children why chores are worth doing and how to do them without feeling like work or punishment. If parents are not up for that challenge, they probably should not have kids.
Does the kid also say this if it comes to clean up the gear in the sports club?
Good question. If the child chooses to join a sports club, presumably they are expected to clean the equipment. If they don't like that, they can choose to leave the club or even get kicked out depending on how many times it happens and the club's policies, which are presumably written somewhere.
The child did not choose to be born. They have to follow orders under threat of punishment. If they don't like it, they can't legally leave. There is no written contract, parents can set and change expectations arbitrarily. It's a very different situation.