If I’ve ever had any doubt about the individuality of children, all I have to do is look within the confines of my own house. We are a family of five and we all have our own quirks and traits that are totally different from each other. When I hear people say, “Oh, but they were raised in the same house, how did that happen?” I know how it happens. No matter how you try to raise all your children in the same manner, they will always have their own individual habits and traits that make them unique.
One of our biggest mistakes is to put our two older daughters in the same room. They are like the Odd Couple. One is obsessively clean and the other couldn’t care less what state her half of the room is in. The cleaning obsessed one even asked for one of those slick Kone vacuums for Christmas. We had to tell her to take it easy on the thing, she’s been vacuuming like a mad woman and probably burning up a ton of electricity.
Of course, she kindly pointed out how HER vacuum cleaner is Energy Star rated and consumes less energy than most appliances. To which, the other sister piped in from behind the pile of junk on her side of the room, “you can save more energy if you didn’t use that thing at all!”
True, we can save money by not using the vacuum, washing machine, and drier as she suggested. Then we can spend the money we saved on energy by buying some air fresheners!! Because, after a week of not cleaning, PHEW!! Can you just imagine?
