Dad, as we drive to church while I’m ripping the kids for not cleaning the kitchen the night before: If you grow up and don’t meet your expectations at work, you get fired.
Kid: At work they have real leaders and people that actually care about you–unlike you two.
Ouch.
Of course, this statement was so ludicrous on so many levels that the 4 other members of the family burst into laughter and laughed the rest of the way to church. A good thing too, because before then I was in a very foul mood.
I’ve been on a rampage over the state of our kitchen. Those of you who follow this blog may remember that we went through a whole family rehab in early summer (read here). Our family rehab revealed 2 things: our kids want more money; we parents want more cooperation–especially cleaning up after dinner.
So we bumped up our kids salaries with the agreement that they would do the extra work of cleaning the entire kitchen without complaining. This includes:
- loading the dishwasher
- washing cooking dishes
- putting away leftovers
- wiping and polishing the granite countertops
- wiping off the Target vinyl placemats and the dining room table
- sweeping
- making your lunch for tomorrow