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How to Get Kids to Do Chores: Does the Maya Method Work?

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233 points Xcelerate | 2 comments | 04 Sep 18 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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rb666 ◴[04 Sep 18 04:15 UTC] No.17906594[source]▶
"And toddlers are great at rinsing dishes before putting them into the dishwasher."

Don't teach them kids to waste water rinsing dishes! The dishwasher works most efficiently if chunks of food are removed (scrape into trash), but not rinsed.

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orasis ◴[04 Sep 18 04:30 UTC] No.17906649[source]▶
Your values aren’t universal. In some places water is abundant.
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1. rebuilder ◴[04 Sep 18 05:31 UTC] No.17906850[source]▶
Even where water is abundant, actual household water is usually purified, and the wastewater is processed as well. Neither of these is free.
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2. orasis ◴[09 Sep 18 06:32 UTC] No.17944653[source]▶
Wells and drain fields are common here. It’s rediculously cheap.