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

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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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Sag0Sag0 ◴[04 Sep 18 05:04 UTC] No.17906777[source]▶
In some places food is abundant. That doesn't mean we should waste it.
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gnicholas ◴[04 Sep 18 05:20 UTC] No.17906814[source]▶
You know the saying “X doesn’t grow on trees”? Water literally falls from the sky. Sure, there are some parts of the world where it is in short supply, but where it is abundant, there is virtually no impact of overuse in a family setting.

Comparing it to food doesn’t make sense because food has to be planted, watered, fertilized, harvested, and transported. Water that falls into a local reservoir takes a negligible amount of energy by comparison.

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1. jamil7 ◴[04 Sep 18 07:43 UTC] No.17907301[source]▶
Purifying and moving that water around uses energy. Maybe it's negligible maybe it's not, depending on where you live. Regardless, the seeming abundance of a natural resource doesn't mean that you should willfully waste it. I come from a country that struggles frequently with droughts so maybe I'm biased.