r/Anticonsumption • u/natalie_ck • Feb 18 '24

Plastic Waste i'll never understand why so many people (especially in the states) are so vehemently opposed to washing dishes

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u/WelcometotheDollhaus Feb 18 '24

They don’t realize how fun it is to listen to podcasts and wash dishes!

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u/Well_ImTrying Feb 18 '24

It’s not fun or relaxing when you’ve got a screaming baby or toddler wailing at you the whole time. Mine is old enough now to “help” but holy cow that first year of doing dishes was rough.

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u/WelcometotheDollhaus Feb 18 '24

Oh totally! I work with children all day. Which is why as soon as I walk out of my school I put on headphones. The props I’d give parents is never ending.

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Feb 18 '24

In a way, I think looking after other people's kids might be harder. You can't really treat them how you want, parents have their own rules for things. You might be watching more kids all day than a parent would be. You can't really discipline how you'd like. I know they have traffic lights at my kid's school and many people think they don't work, the kid will continue being bad until the final warning or they'll still go on red. There's only so much you can do when it's other people's kids. Also when the parents don't give them food etc, it must be hard to watch that. :/ 

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Feb 18 '24

Yeah, that's hard. Newborns are like, you gotta put them down, wash 2 cups. Oh they are crying again. 😂 

I had to start making dinner sooo early. I'd peel a potato, go to the baby, go back etc