Kids love to complain, and following that example I was, of course, complaining about my life as I removed various pieces of porcelain and cutlery from the dripping plastic racks of the dishwasher. Usually these conversations merely serve the purpose of entertaining my mind until I finished, so they never covered any more ground than things that were surface deep; however, this conversation turned out to be very different, and, despite my best efforts, I left that kitchen with a very rational explanation for the warrant of chores.

As we began discussing the topic I tried to put down as many arguments as I could, but it mostly felt like throwing leaves into the wind; futile. Maybe parents are just experts at defending their practices, maybe I was just too self absorbed in my position to accept anything other than a strong opposition to chores, but the points brought up made perfect sense to me, at least. First came the link from childhood to adult life, and the quick and abrupt jerk to work that you would be experiencing. Very few people are able to walk out the doors of university and right into those of a dream job for them; as such, it makes sense that getting used to doing something you don't necessarily enjoy would put your brain in a better place to understand that, allowing you to cope better.

This experience was different because it not only forced me to understand a new concept but it showed how susceptible we all are to how are brain chooses to interpret things. I didn't want to believe that chores were actually beneficial (rather that my parents just wanted some labor out of the organism that they, admittedly, did put a lot of effort into raising, as all parents do) and for the most part I still don't, but it's hard to argue with reason and logic, and if you can't accept them as truth that you might as well just lie to yourself everyday.

It's not that it's our fault that we don't want to accept things like this, but what we should strive for is keeping an open mind and allowing ourselves to see the faults in the algorithms or brain has created for life.