11.Household Chores. Reading=grammar

Any family is in charge _____the welfare, comfort, health, success in work and good relations of every member in the family.

There are stereotypical ____ of the husband, the wife and the children.

They say that the _____ responsibilities are, basically, to do everything.

The typical role of husband is that he goes out to work and earns money ___ the family.

Maybe, at the weekend he cleans his car and does more ____ things around the house.

Lots of people in Britain are really into DIY, _____do-it-yourself, and they try to make furniture, put their own bathroom appliances, put tiles on the bathroom walls themselves, etc.

In many countries now it's more _____ that a woman can have a family and a career, whereas before it was seen as some­thing shocking, and men were outraged that their children would be left with strangers, and thought that it was the wife's duty to bring them up.

I think that's all changed now. I think responsibility for all of the important aspects of life should _____ by both of the parents, especially bringing up the children.

I think that the care and early education of children shouldn't only fall into the hands of the mother, but that the father should also take an active part.

I think that children should _____ as much responsibility as they'd like to take on from as early as possible.

I don't think that they should be too smothered by parents and _____ for them if they can do things for themselves.

It's very good for a child to learn to be able ____ care of himself and his things.

Of course, the more things he can do, the more versatile person he can become.

As for me, I have always been conscious that the interests of my family ought ____ more important than my own wishes and desires, such as buying expensive new things or hanging around with some pals.

I don't mind ___ because I like household chores. In our family I do a lot of things, because my parents usually work.

I do most of the washing up, tidy my room and make my bed. I often go shopping. Cleaning the room is probably ____ one, and the worst I think is cleaning the bath, because it kills your back.

My father and I try to help my mother ____ the chores. Everyone in the family is responsible for cleaning and repairing things when they have free time.

In order to have a loving family every person ought to do the chores. That is the way I see ___.

If I ___ married, I ____to create a situation where all of these tasks would be shared fairly equally between me and my husband.

Of course, if I like doing some things more and my husband would like other things more, this would be OK. I don't like the situation that my husband goes out to work every day, and I ___ just stuck inside the house looking after children, keeping the clothes clean and cooking. This seems very unequal to me.