Woman helping her grandmother load laundry into washing machine.
Margery Berger (not pictured) used to judge her daughter for how she cleaned.
  • My daughter doesn't fold her laundry or do dishes right after eating, and I judged her for it.
  • I do these things for her and her family when I visit, and I worry that it annoys them. 
  • I realized that she doesn't fuss over cleaning because it gives her more time with her kids.

I think my kids should do their dishes immediately after eating, fold their laundry, and make their beds — because that's what I do. But I've never seen my daughter and son-in-law's bed made. I don't make it for them, but I do often empty their overflowing bathroom wastebasket when I visit them.