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'Child explotation' paid off - difficult child just made my day!
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 603997" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>According to difficult child no. Could of course also be a question of 'won't' instead of 'can't.' I know difficult child's contract states a pre-furnished apartment including this and that. Same is probably true with room mate. When they got there, few furniture were still lacking. After few days they got few IKEA packages and difficult child put them together. Either room mate didn't know how to do it, or he didn't want to do it, because technically it wasn't what contract said. That kind of small things may feel big, when you are alone, far away from home first time. </p><p></p><p>But difficult child's interpretation anyway was, that room mate had never assembled anything before and didn't even really know how to read IKEA idiot-proofed instructions. (Though the boy isn't an idiot, he has his degree from very highly esteemed college, one in which even the jocks have to do extremely well at school too.)</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has also always enjoyed putting stuff together and taking it apart. Enjoyed it much more than I would have hoped for in fact (he didn't always ask permission first, neither it always worked quite right in the first time. I don't miss his experimentations for example with my blow dryer... ) Cleaning up, not so much, at least before he moved into his own. He has turned almost a neat freak lately. He moved out three years before we expected so he wasn't too motivated to learn household skills yet, when we taught them to him. Not even cooking even though for someone with his calorie consumption, income level and need for nutritious eating knowing how to cook is extremely important. So it was always a fight. But he did learn and I'm happy he has learned to appreciate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 603997, member: 14557"] According to difficult child no. Could of course also be a question of 'won't' instead of 'can't.' I know difficult child's contract states a pre-furnished apartment including this and that. Same is probably true with room mate. When they got there, few furniture were still lacking. After few days they got few IKEA packages and difficult child put them together. Either room mate didn't know how to do it, or he didn't want to do it, because technically it wasn't what contract said. That kind of small things may feel big, when you are alone, far away from home first time. But difficult child's interpretation anyway was, that room mate had never assembled anything before and didn't even really know how to read IKEA idiot-proofed instructions. (Though the boy isn't an idiot, he has his degree from very highly esteemed college, one in which even the jocks have to do extremely well at school too.) My difficult child has also always enjoyed putting stuff together and taking it apart. Enjoyed it much more than I would have hoped for in fact (he didn't always ask permission first, neither it always worked quite right in the first time. I don't miss his experimentations for example with my blow dryer... ) Cleaning up, not so much, at least before he moved into his own. He has turned almost a neat freak lately. He moved out three years before we expected so he wasn't too motivated to learn household skills yet, when we taught them to him. Not even cooking even though for someone with his calorie consumption, income level and need for nutritious eating knowing how to cook is extremely important. So it was always a fight. But he did learn and I'm happy he has learned to appreciate that. [/QUOTE]
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