tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post8319610759433342111..comments2024-03-28T09:00:44.576-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: ChoresChristine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-3552033974627088032013-01-05T15:12:24.062-05:002013-01-05T15:12:24.062-05:00Interesting post; I don't remember much about ...Interesting post; I don't remember much about kids' chores in the YA books I've read, so I'll have to be more aware of that feature in the future. From the age of 8 on (when my father remarried and I acquired stepsisters) I and my sisters did basically all the "cleaning" part of the housework. Mamma, who had a full-time job (in the late 1950s!), did the laundry and dishes, although not many years passed before she gave the dinner dishes to us also. Daddy cooked a lot of weekday dinners, if I remember correctly. The cleaning, divided among the three of us, took at least half of every Saturday. Really, I was a more thorough housekeeper (under duress) as a preteen and teenager than I am now. Needless to say, I thought of myself as a downtrodden Cinderella. While I think it's a good thing that we learned to do those jobs, I still believe (at age 64) that she expected too much of us for our age and was much too harsh in her perfectionism.Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-27651213424975396992013-01-04T14:00:51.082-05:002013-01-04T14:00:51.082-05:00It's been too long since I was a kid and I don...It's been too long since I was a kid and I don't remember any specific chores. It may be I had none, or few. Interesting memories. Thinking about them.Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-80606103177669626522013-01-04T12:13:58.882-05:002013-01-04T12:13:58.882-05:00I did few chores as a child but it is an interesti...I did few chores as a child but it is an interesting thing to consider for my characters or their backgrounds. Thanks for the idea.B.E. Warnehttp://www.bewarne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-67669573717092673682013-01-04T10:13:24.379-05:002013-01-04T10:13:24.379-05:00Love it! I wrote in some chores for my character a...Love it! I wrote in some chores for my character and my critique group cringed. Yea, real kids do chores! And real heroes in our stories demonstrate how to deal with those chores, complete with all the mixed up choices and consequences they can face.Connie Ghttp://conniesgardenbench.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com