you know, after hearing how Debbie rants about her life, mine seems easy in comparison. my parents don't expect me to do all the housework. i appreciate doing housework now and then, but if the parents leave it all to the eldest child to do all the housework like they can't help even a BIT, then i'd say that they've got a problem. a big problem. a GIGANTIC, HUMONGOUSLY ENORMOUS problem. i mean, i agree with what Debbie says. you can't pile it on the kid like that, you've got to first teach the skill of it. then you can let her do it sometimes when you've got IMPORTANT things to do. which does not refer to watching the TV. i mean all my bad grades are self inflicted as i waste my time. the other side of the grades curve is too little time for homework. then you get bad grades too. don't blame your child for not getting your genes in math, it's your own fault for your bad reproductive organs. i need to move this chunk of words to internet explorer, cos mozilla firefox is becoming bad lately.