Our 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter aren't at the nasty level of Miss 'How Am I Supposed to Eat?' above, but my wife and I do get frustrated at their frequent unhelpfulness. They seem to think of simple household tasks as something they'll occasionally do as a favor or even for fun our son loves assisting with big housecleaning jobs, even as he never wipes his place at the table after dinner but thoughts/statements? like 'the garbage is full; I should take the bag out' have never, ever occurred to them independently. It's hard to know how to drill it into them now, but it's definitely something on our minds. I joke every now and then that we need to start giving the kids an allowance so we'll have something to take away from them if they misbehave.

我们家有一个七岁的儿子和一个10岁的女儿。他们虽然没有那位“没有餐具，我怎么吃”小姐那么糟糕，但我和妻子的确为他们经常袖手旁观感到沮丧。他们会偶尔做做简单家务，但似乎认为那是在给我们帮忙，或是好玩──我们儿子喜欢在房屋大扫除时搭把手，但他晚饭后从不会将他自己面前的餐桌清理干净──他们从未主动想到或说到如“垃圾袋满了，我应该把它拎出去扔了”之类的话。现在我们对如何将这样的想法植入他们的脑袋束手无策，但无疑这是我们一直在思考的事情。我时不时地开玩笑说，我们应该开始给孩子零用钱了，这样当他们行为不当时，我们就有可以从他们身边拿走的东西了。

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