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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/LushPetalz on 2025-07-07 23:03:46+00:00.
So my 13year old daughter recently got super into baking cupcakes, cookies, banana bread, you name it. She was doing great, but she does tend to leave a little chaos behind, flour on the counter, spoon in the sink, oven mitts everywhere.
One day after cleaning up yet another post-cookie explosion, I snapped a bit and said:
"If you can’t clean up properly, then just don’t touch anything in the kitchen at all!"
She nodded. "Okay."
The next week, I came home from work to… silence. No sweet smells, no baking music from the kitchen. I figured she took it seriously.
Then it hit me.
The dishwasher? Still full.
The garbage? Overflowing.
The sink? Piled with dishes.
The groceries I asked her to unpack? Still sitting in bags.
I asked what was going on and she goes:
"You said don’t touch anything in the kitchen, remember? So I didn’t."
Touché.
We renegotiated the rule now it’s: “You can bake if you clean like a pro.”
She agreed. I got cookies. She got victory. Fair trade.