Teach kids #ShareTheLoad

Passing on the load to the young female brigade of the family is a very common thing, be it laundry, cooking, cleaning or any other house hold service. This is an age old tradition. And to break this so called custom enormous unity and will power is required.

Females have to take care of all household duties even when they return home from an equally grueling day at office. No doubt irrespective of your gender one must learn basic duties like laundry, cooking essentials and simple housekeeping task which may include mopping or dusting. Women have to learn it sometimes willingly and sometimes forced to do so and men learn it out of hobby or due to circumstantial causes.

Out of sheer luck I have never witnessed such prejudice in both my family be it my mother’s home or my home after marriage. My Father has been a strong support of my mother when it comes to doing daily home chores. He is a true example of share the load. As a kid I have seen him doing all the laundry work even before my mother would wake up. Isn’t that awesome? This sharing actually has made their bond stronger day by day. This has set an example for my brother and today can do all his work on his own.

These prejudice related to gender are not inborn. We grow up and develop our thought process with what we see happening around us. Children should be taught to do basic things themselves.

My husband is an equal support when it comes to doing laundry work. I am lucky; he has been very well brought up in this regard.  He would never shun whenever I need his help in any of the household work and most of the time he is equally willing to lend his helping hand. He is very comfortable doing laundry. Though he has a very busy schedule in the week days but weekends are fun doing laundry together.

Traditions and customs are made by us as per our whims and fancy. The gender prejudice needs to be stopped for good of all. And the first step is to talk with your partner about it.  Women too need to change their mind set regarding this. As soon as a woman gets married she has the tendency to take on the entire house hold responsibility on her shoulder, which is wrong. Go slow; communicate with your husband lovingly, if needed teach him, start doing simple home chores together.

Teach your kids the basic living duties; start with small stuff, whatever their gender is. Promote atmosphere or equality at home. Give equal duties to your kids whether male or female. Involvement of a male elder member of family is very essential. Grow up your generation with values and in an atmosphere that has uniform opportunities for both genders.

“I am joining the Ariel #ShareTheLoad campaign at BlogAdda and blogging about the prejudice related to household chores being passed on to the next generation.”