I do think household chores were divided fairly; I would help my mother with laundry and also swept, and would sometimes take out the trash. I would help my grandmother by washing dishes and especially in the kitchen where she taught me how to cook our traditional ethnic food. Although I cooked and baked I was never expected to serve the males in the household (my grandmother was usually the one with that duty, as most Hispanic grandmothers are). I also helped with yard work; I would water the plants and help my grandmother in her garden.
When my brother was born in 2010 I started to help with childcare. I would change his diapers, give him a bath, read to him, and play with him every chance I got. He’s five now and when I return from school I take over from my grandparents who are getting older and care for him as well as they did with me.“… working moms, are far more fatigued and get sick more often than non working moms” (Kuori slide 8). My mother is in a continuous state of exhaustion and has a chronic cough. When my mother comes home I often share the “second shift” with her, always helping out whenever I can to lighten her