and every time you suggest some help (apart from their room as only they have to live in that!) they sigh, roll their eyes, and list every item of work expected of them...
would you push it??
DD is doing 5 AS levels, so no free time at school, and 5 subjects of h/w set every night - so she often working until gone 10pm.
She has a part-time job which she manages (4-8 2 evenings and 10-5 Saturdays), and she sometimes plays sport for 1 hour one night per week.
Basically I agree that she is very stretched, but she does manage to fit in her job - but our house is always needing something doing and it's all me
If guests are coming I can persuade her to do the odd bit of cleaning - and she is very good at it when she actually does it - but I HAVE to ask/beg.
Would you make them do more - or just be grateful that their grades are amazing & their teachers love them?
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Milliways · 14/03/2008 18:10
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