'Let the kid enjoy his childhood': Internet divided over mother's little helper in viral video
LOS ANGELES, CALIFRONIA: Children learn by imitating their parents, and one resourceful four-year-old is now assisting with household duties. Dashiell Hsu, a young child, has already mastered a variety of helpful household tasks, including loading the washing machine, cleaning the toilet, and vacuuming.
Mom Agnes Hsu, 47, of California, released a video of her son helping with the laborious chores on social media. He even likes baking. Although the video soon attracted thousands of viewers, opinions were split. In the video Agnes says, "What can a four-year-old do? Clean toilets, wash dishes, mop, do the laundry, vacuum, wipe counters, put away toys and bake a cake!" Agnes said in the video as her son completed each task himself, as reported by DailyMail.
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'Let the kid enjoy his childhood'
In the video, Dashiell can be seen cleaning the bathroom, doing laundry, washing dishes, and more. The viral video has received 17,600 likes and 387,000 views. Several people on TikTok criticized Agnes, as they said he's just a "kid" and he's "not supposed to" do house chores. The video received mix opinions from other users, as one of them wrote, "Yah but he's not supposed to. Bro he's 4". Another user wrote, "Um..how about you just let him oh I don't know be a kid!?" The third user criticized the video and wrote, "Let the kid enjoy his childhood while he’s still a kid"
'Wow what a responsible little boy'
Other users praised the little boy and said, "Wow what a responsible little boy you have." Another user wrote, "WOW, u definitely raised a wonderful kid! There’s so many mom’s on here that do all of these things for their kids who are 16! W learning independence." Third user wrote, "My son is 3 and does more than my husband 😅 I think I'm okay with that."
According to Agnes, as reported by Newsweek, Dashiell is in charge of tidying up his play space and eating area. She said, "He was taught to clean aged two but doesn't have a set schedule day to day. Initially, it was simple tasks like dusting and vacuuming but now he is a little older and helps me do a lot of sorting jobs like pairing socks and organizing his toys."