Good evening, we Arabs help clean the house, do meals, clean the kitchen, and help the wife. This is our life and raising our children in that.

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my mom was the greatest mom ever because she taught me how do alot of things, cooking,baking,and total house cleaning,laying the bed and other stuffs too and I have grown up good in that aspect,so I have grown to respect women alot

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My parents both worked many hours when I was a kid. My brother and I just fell into picking up the slack and that meant cleaning, laundry and cooking. My dad used to say, "If four people live in a house, it takes all four of them to keep it liveable." He was right.

When my parents made something fun -even if it was work -it stayed with me, and I still get the same feelings when I do those things.

My mother had three boys in five years. How do you think that went? It must have been a lot of work for her.

My mother didn't teach me, I taught myself

My two sons and daughter were all brought up having to help around the house as both myself and my husband worked, and my husband was often away as he was military. It made them independent when they reached adulthood and gave them a good start in their own relationships. My younger son joined the military, and he said it had given him a good start as he was able to fend for himself unlike some of his fellow trainees.

Yes, I'll echo that.
I too learnt the basic households from both my parents, not just my mom! I'd observe them with child like curiosity - both of them equally participating in the kitchen, laundry, caring after their parents when they were old and ailing....
However I learnt cooking later on, as a college student. I'd see my best friends could all cook and cook well! I felt left back! I observed and slowly picked up... And later on I'd surprise my parents with my kitchen skills. I learnt a lot from my ex too, including basic sewing skills, lolz
So, yeah, I learnt more by observing than being taught or asked to do these things!

for my self, it was self preservation. mom worked as a taxi driver and bus dispatcher. so I was what they use to call a latch key kid.
so at a very young age, I learned to mow lawns for neighbors to make money, to shop, cook do laundry, even taught my self to sew.. ( depending on who you ask, I'm still working on cleaning, I hate doing dishes ) .

Hi IceCreeme,

From my observation, I have to admit that you are right, European men has tend not to do any housework.
I think, that maybe it depends from mentality of people in European countries.

I learned my son how to cook, and in my opinion, the each man who hasn't any issue with looking after the household and who is cooking will be much more independent in his adult life.

I can't imagine now to be a partner for a man who hasn't these abilities..

Have a beautiful time!

Being a product of a boarding school, I was pretty much independent from the age of 10 I think ...cleaning up and being neat was a given ...
Married life saw me helping out in the house by doing all the chores inside and outside .
Single life just add cooking meals to my already extensive resume ... nothing I do is really rocket science... it's just common sense and a willingness to learn and explore !!

That's why, if ever I will be married or not, but will be with someone special, this one special man ever never shouldn't be from any European country..

Maybe I shouldn't generalize it, but here is rare happening, if I can say is almost impossible, but on the other side of globe I assume is much more common..

I teach my son to do housework, and as a result, he does it better than his sister! I just want him to be able to do things for himself, and not rely on his future partner when he's an adult.

I am not tidy. I need lots of drawers to put things that would otherwise be all over the place. They would not be very organized.

You have to consider that women and men can have different attitudes towards cleaning.

I.e. a typical woman may spend 15 or 30 mins methodically cleaning a bathroom, where as I may be satisfied with just a few mins.

Life is short. Time is precious. The toilet does need frequent cleaning in the home environment for me.

I taught my sons to cook and everthing they needed to know ..they couldn't count on there father because he's always just about himself and to silly in the head.

My mother set the standards and my father, being prior military, would do inspections and hand out punishment for failure to meet requirements. So between the two of them I have been domesticated. I clean, cook, do laundry, and all sorts of other DIY. I can do everything from hem and mend to auto repair.