Really? Am I That Old Fashioned?

Putting clothes to dry, cooking, or cleaning the stuff, why does it feel that it’s an age-old fashioned work? Why the newer generation does not want to do their errands on their own? Why there is a feeling of 'outsourcing' everything if it can be done in-house? At a lot of places in my neighborhood, I see lot of kids and children shrugging their shoulders when they are asked to clean their utensils or clothes. They do not even want to dust their own room. It is apathy to see that.

                                            source: selfsufficientkids.com

I asked one of the kids in the neighborhood, "Why did you yell at your mom when she asked you to water the plants?" He said, "Come On, who does that in today's times.” To me, his response was a surprise mixed with shock because in my childhood times I had always enjoyed gardening and related activities. The mornings were busier with completing chores before leaving for school.  The first thing in the morning, I remember,  was to make the bed. It is an acclaimed habit for me now. I cannot keep my bed clumsy in the morning. I do not say that I was always involved with the household chores day and night during my childhood, but working at home never felt like suppressing my dreams. I never felt ashamed doing that because I always considered that it was just ‘work’ and something which is ‘work’ cannot be treated in a different way. I mean, it is something you are supposed to do- you have made the mess at the dining table, then why you cannot clean it? You have made your clothes dirtier, aren’t you supposed to take care of that. A toddler and a kid cannot take care of all this, but someone in his late teen can start doing that.

There are people who feel grounded by going household stuff. I remember an officer, who was an ‘A’ grade government officer and he used to clean his room every day on his own, no maid and no other staff.  Isn’t it being humble? Isn’t it being grounded? I really feel that sorting and organizing things on your own imbibes positivity in your head.  Ideally, you should never feel ashamed, and never make your kid feel so. Keeping your own things sorted makes you feel sane.

Outsourcing is a very good idea when you do not have an option. It is the only option when you are not left with any kind of choice. The idea is not to abstain ourselves from these errands because kids learn from us. When they see that we are not interested in doing particular stuff, they will always feel that there is something wrong with that activity. We make society. We make the future. So let us make a good society and a good future!