kid_with_rights asked:
I am forced to do the dishes after breakfast, lunch, and supper and also any snack anybody eats. then, I have to empty the garbage cans in our house and put new bags in them, vacuum the floor, and I have to get on my hands and knees and mop. I also have to dust the china and furniture, vacuum all the floors in our house, and clean up after my sisters and brothers. I’m like a cinderella and i am tired of it. Oh, and my parents do inspection, for every spot i miss, i have to eat it off the floor. it is harsh. isnt there a law against that?
for the person asked if i hold the mop between my teeth, no i do not, i get down on one hand and my knees and i scrub the floors with a washcloth. Sorry, i should have been more clear on tthat
That’s certainly abuse and there are laws against that. However, I smell a whiff of B.S. in your statement.
Comment by BigRichGuy — November 5, 2005 @ 6:35 pm
Yes there probably is.
Comment by Sean X — November 8, 2005 @ 12:40 am
If you are on your knees while mopping, you’re doing it wrong. And if you are on your hands and knees, what are you holding the mop with, your teeth?
Comment by mr_crankypants — November 8, 2005 @ 5:28 am
there’s probably a law about the eating off the floor part.
Comment by bmoviebimbo — November 10, 2005 @ 12:45 pm
Nope no laws that I’m aware of. It’s called chores. When you get your own house and your own kids you either make them help you with the work or you can slave away as you are doing now. I suspect you will make the kids help out. It builds character. You may not see it now, but you will actually thank your parents when you are older.
Comment by Leogirl0804 — November 11, 2005 @ 5:57 pm
Sounds like you are paying for your room and board and meals to me! Good for them!
Comment by wingshooter08 — November 13, 2005 @ 8:01 am
Chores aren’t aginst the law, but mistreatment in any way that is inhumane is against the law. Eating something off the floor forcefully is abuse.
Comment by Dave T — November 16, 2005 @ 5:02 am
That does sound hinky, but you know, you’ve got it better than a lot of people, some kids don’t even have a family. Why don’t you try getting your parents to go to family counseling so you can talk about your complaints with an impartial party.
Comment by Sarahbelle — November 18, 2005 @ 5:52 am
And if you don’t do it who else will. You live there you need to earn your keep. Come live at our house we have 5 acres, you think the work you do is hard, you have no idea. it is good for children to participate in household chores and have responsibility. Kids today whine too much.
Comment by Lori B — November 18, 2005 @ 11:23 am
I did the same thing growing up, it builds character and teaches you how to earn your keep. This work ethic you are learning now will give you a head start in the real world. So toughen up and don’t think work is all bad, you will look back at it later and be happy for the experience.
Comment by Chuck P — November 21, 2005 @ 12:38 am
everything sounds pretty harsh, but not against the law, with the exception of eating spots off of the floor. That is abuse, and I would notify the proper authorities if I were you.
Comment by Chez_DeVille — November 23, 2005 @ 11:14 pm
What it actually sounds like to me, was that someone screwed up, and this is their punishment.
Comment by gromit801 — November 26, 2005 @ 11:25 am
Be care-full what you wish for.
I assume you are getting the three meals a day on those dishes you have to clean. ( not to mention, there is no law against serving a child food the child hates )
Do you have nice cloths, they could get you the worst things, and it would be ok, as long as you had them.
Unless you are physically chained, I do not think there is anything you can do.
Also, how do you get on the Internet? If from home, be happy they don’t take your access away, that is not against the law either.
Comment by heThatDoesNotWantToBeNamed — November 29, 2005 @ 11:11 pm
Chores are chores.
Terrible perfectionism and making you eat off of the floor is debasing and degrading.
I’ll bet if you had parents who made you proud that you were an important part of the family, well, that’s too optimistic of me. Still, you’re lucky you’re not in the 1910’s, when kids would work 14-hour factory jobs, seven days a week, and constantly fear losing their arms and legs in the big machines.
So,
go to your guidance counselor. SOMEONE needs these people to see how harsh they are.
I briefly caught Dr. Phil exasperatedly asking a pair of parents to stop torturing their kids!!! THese parents punished them by taking everything away, including their toilet paper.
And they wondered why the kids were so bad!
But these parents thought they had to keep getting harsher, becasue they had to make the kids behave the best they could.
They’re just misguided, I hope.
Guidance counselor. Tomorrow!
Comment by starryeyed — December 1, 2005 @ 6:28 pm
When I was growing up we all had chores in my home. When my kids were growing up they had chores to do, We all liked them as well as you do. Yes I can remember my mom coming in the bedroom and taking her arm across the dresser and everything flying onto the floor. I was known to throw things out the front window, to get my kids to put their stuff away right.{I tried the back door throwing stuff out it, they would just WALK AROUND IT.} tHE FRONT ALL THEIR WOULD SEE. yES WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE CHORES SUCK.
Comment by bandit — December 3, 2005 @ 10:35 pm
no, not as long as they are responsible for you 100% are you
really being serious about everything, or are you making alot
of this up as you go, just to get back at your parents? alot of
what you are saying, will get your parents investigated, jailed,
charged, arrested, and will get you, your sisters and your brot
hers, taken away from your parents? so please make sure th
at you are telling the truth? tell your teachers whats going on, and the story that you have told just now. and help will be gotten for you right away.
Comment by heavenlybeauty2006 — December 6, 2005 @ 8:47 pm
I doubt you have to eat off the floor.
And doing chores is good for children. I would never make mine do all you say you do by yourself – but all of mine do chores.
If you live there, you should contribute somehow.
Comment by shrty0525 — December 10, 2005 @ 5:26 am
Your statements have peaked my curiosity. Since you’ve responded to one reply already, please include the following information. what state do you live in, and your age?. How old are your brothers, and sisters?.
Comment by cgiv76 — December 11, 2005 @ 2:03 am
You think your life is hard now, just wait a few years. Your parents are just doing what any good parent will do; preparing you for life. In adulthood you must work to live. Substandard work will not be tolerated. By you getting a taste of manual labor now, maybe it will motivate you to gravitate toward a more rewarding career.
On the other hand, they could allow you to just sit around playing video games or whatever and do nothing. You would grow up with no work ethics and you will be the one to ultimately suffer the consequences. Believe it or not, but your parents are making you do chores because they love you and want the best for you. There is no law against that.
Comment by robbocop — December 12, 2005 @ 8:28 am