OMG! YES!!!

My DH has NEVER "forced" his kids to clean up after themselves. Instead, he does it after they leave. Or not. All I know is that he won't make them do it.

If HE leaves any of their crap laying around, after a few days, I throw it in the trash. I figure if he isn't going to make them clean it up, that means he is going to do it himself. If he isn't going to do it himself, and he thinks that I will do it -- he is sadly mistaken.

I assert: I am not the maid.

I don't care who does the chores, as long as they get done. If DH ends up doing them, that's on him. I don't clean their room or pick up their stuff.

I can say that this isn't really a terrible problem in our house as the skids generally do what they're told (sometimes it's a struggle, but not even CLOSE to what some people here write about).

Went in this morning to find that SS8 (who is with us every other week) "half assed" made his bed. When asked to put more effort into it and try agin, DH told me that I am too much of a perfectionist....so, the fingerpainting that I had waiting in the kitchen was CANCELLED! After all, I am too much of a perfectionist and I would not want my kitchen to get messed up! LMFAO!!!! (Insert wicked step-mother laugh)