Yes. Children should be able to tie their shoes, open a can with a can opener, and eventually wash their own clothes. (But might I admit I don't exactly know how to operate the washing machine at home.) Five year olds don't belong in strollers. Yet somehow fifteen year olds say they are already ready to drive. This may be a generation full of new technology, but does that mean that older "technology" should not be common sense as well? There are some things that kids just have to know. Someday I'll learn how to wash clothes.
Yes, you will!
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