Jane Smiley's The Case Against Chores

Many individuals would disagree or agree that children should not have to do chores. Jane Smiley wrote in her article, “The Case Against Chores,” that the pressure to put your children to work is unrelenting (Smiley 274). If children do not do anything for themselves or others, children are not going to know how to be self-sufficient in the future. A child who does not do any chores are going to grow up to become spoiled individuals. There are many quotes from Smiley throughout “The Case Against Chores” that would make people think about the kind of children Smiley wants to raise or perhaps even the children an individual reading “The Case Against Chores” wants to raise. Chores are very beneficiary to children for the. Chores make children …show more content…
“Let me confess that I wasn’t expected to lift a finger when I was growing up. Even when my mother had a full-time job, she cleaned up after me, as did my grandmother” (Smiley 275). I do not agree with this statement because even if children get frustrated with their parents, the outcome is always rewarding for both the parent’s and the child. My sister is not a fan of doing chores, and she cleans up after herself when it is necessary. My mother always struggled with getting my sister to do the chores my mother assigned, but nothing in my sister wanted to complete the chores. I would sit there and watch my mother and sister argue about getting my sister to complete her chores. As my sister grew up, she continued to always clean-up after herself when it was necessary and no one was going to tell her what to do. My sister has always resented my mother when it came to chores because she did not feel obliged to do the chores. I never resented my parents for giving chores to completely because doing the chores has taught me to be clean, organized, and to take care of my belongings. I have definitely learned to take the tips my parents have taught me because they will somehow play out in my