Hating Those Household Chores

Why was I the one stuck doing the dishes?

I'm sure somebody had fun giving us a bath – photo by TERESA MCGRATH

One thing I always resented about growing up in a large family is the division of chores. What kid likes chores? Shouldn’t every waking hour be devoted to games like tag, hide and seek, and dodgeball? Playing on the grammar school playground was all I wanted to do. Chores were an interruption of my day.