Dad FTW

SureĀ…if you accept at face value Her Royal Teenage Highness' mealymouthed enumeration of the impossible taskload in her slavish hellworld of indentured servitude, and dismiss or question her father's much shorter list of household tasks utterly reasonable for a teenager to be assigned as part of learning to participate responsibly in life that involves people other than ourselves. I, for one, find dad's list a lot more believable than daughter's list. American kids have been rolling their eyes and snarling "I'm not yer damn slave!" in response to "Please take out the trash" (and "I thought I asked you to take out the trash", and "This is the fifth time I've told you, now turn off the TV and take out the trash!") for years.
Dang Dan, that's a mouthful!!! But you're spot on and good for the Dad. Someone has to be in charge and if I'm the earner/provider and Father all rolled into one then that would be me. Until you grow up and make your own monies and support yourself in your own domicile it's gonna be done my way.
Yup. Sometimes the answer really is "Because I said so; end of discussion".
and there you have it folks!