College laundry services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We all use conveniences. Car wash, maid, landscapers, manicure, you name it. My son did his laundry at home from a young age. But at college it’s a hassle and waste of time to find a machine and keep running through the dryer cycles that barely do anything. We paid for the service and it guaranteed he’d have clean clothes and sheets even on busy weeks or when he was sick. Well worth it bc it gives him all that free time to do other things and not have to monitor his laundry.

Speak for yourself. I use none of these.

Also, I agree with another PP about means. Kids don't make what you do. And, honestly, most people don't. The wealthy private and W school parents are so overrepresented on this board.

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What's next? A housekeeper for the dorm room? Surprised your kid hasn't convinced you that would free up more time for studying.

This is actually a thing…I discovered by googling

[Anonymous]

My son, who has autism and ADHD, does his own laundry because he prefers to do it on his own timeline.

***There is no shame to using a cleaning or laundry or meal service!!!***

But often kids, even those with disabilities, don't actually use those, because it creates more hassle than it's worth.

So please don't stress about this, OP and others. Paying for services is not a blot on their character, and doing your own work is sometimes more practical.

No big deal either way, just do what works best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid can’t handle their laundry, should they be living at college? Maybe you need more time to teach them at home. My kid has done his own laundry since he was 8-9 yrs old.

+1 Neither of my kids -- who both have ADHD -- had any trouble getting laundry done regularly at college. As a bonus, the weekly laundry time also became their regular time to call home while waiting for the dryer to finish.

[Anonymous]

Paul Newman and a case of beer. If you know, you know,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

X1,000,000.

Helicopter/ bulldozer parents, please make your kids do their own laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We all use conveniences. Car wash, maid, landscapers, manicure, you name it. My son did his laundry at home from a young age. But at college it’s a hassle and waste of time to find a machine and keep running through the dryer cycles that barely do anything. We paid for the service and it guaranteed he’d have clean clothes and sheets even on busy weeks or when he was sick. Well worth it bc it gives him all that free time to do other things and not have to monitor his laundry.

Speak for yourself. I use none of these.

Also, I agree with another PP about means. Kids don't make what you do. And, honestly, most people don't. The wealthy private and W school parents are so overrepresented on this board.

+1
What's next? A housekeeper for the dorm room? Surprised your kid hasn't convinced you that would free up more time for studying.

Oxford University and other ones in the UK have housecleaners and laundry service, holdovers from that time in British history when only toffs attended university and were used to maids doing the work.

[Anonymous]

It’s a free service for students at Davidson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I’d want to use it for biweekly sheets, towels and blankets.

Otherwise, there’s no way they would be washed (if they came back folded and pressed I think he’d be incentivized to put them on his bed).

I think my kid might end up doing most of his own clothing (he already knows how), but if I could set something up to get the big things washed regularly, I think he would actually change his bedsheets.

Pro tip: He's going to wash his sheets when he meets a girl (or boy) he likes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

X1,000,000.

Helicopter/ bulldozer parents, please make your kids do their own laundry.

Is it really an important life skill? I don't think it is. Getting laundry done for you is cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

X1,000,000.

Helicopter/ bulldozer parents, please make your kids do their own laundry.

Is it really an important life skill? I don't think it is. Getting laundry done for you is cheap.

It’s an important life skill if you are poor.
Sorry

[Anonymous]

Love how people assume that the only reason someone would use a laundry service is because they don’t know how to do it themselves.

To answer OP’s question — my DC used the Tide service at his college for one semester, because it wasn’t that expensive and sounded great. They supposedly had trucks that parked close to the dorms for drop off and pick up. The reality was that the truck hours were unreliable and much more limited than advertised, so it turned out to be easier for DC to just do his laundry himself, even though the dorm washers and dryers are often busy and/or broken. I think it would be better if there is a brick and mortar drop off site with lockers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless your child is disabled, they need to learn how to do their own laundry. It's an extremely important life skill.

X1,000,000.

Helicopter/ bulldozer parents, please make your kids do their own laundry.

Is it really an important life skill? I don't think it is. Getting laundry done for you is cheap.

It’s an important life skill if you are poor.
Sorry

It takes five minutes to learn how to do laundry. It’s not an “important life skill.” It’s just drudge work that anyone can do and is relatively inexpensive to pay someone else to do, especially when the alternative is a public laundromat or crappy dorm facilities.

[Anonymous]

We won't even pay for housecleaning, lawn care or car wash, so no, kids have to do their own laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son plans to use a sleeping bag, not proper bedding. Not kidding.

lol…got to love guys. Guess he will be camping for 10 months.

[Anonymous]

Emory has tide lockers. I am excited to have one less thing for my DC to have to consider during the freshman year transition.