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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your child disabled?[/quote]

No, he's a slob.  (Yes, I tried to teach him to be neat, but his bedroom is a disaster and he wore his swim trunks around the house last weekend because he was too lazy to do his laundry).  But he is a good student on a full scholarship, which I am thrilled about, so I'm thinking about doing it for the first year.  Plus, I pity his roommate.  [/quote]

As his future employer, may I suggest college is a really great, natural opportunity for you to stop the helicoptering?[/quote]

Just stop doing his laundry. Quit. Today. Let him live with the consequences. [/quote]

I DON'T do his laundry.  He's been in charge of his own laundry for the past three years: he only does it when he has nothing left to wear, which is why he wore swim trunks all weekend.      He isn't phased by the consequences of living in squalor of lounging around in swim trunks.  I really feel bad about the person who has to live with him.  But as I'd said, he does have a full academic scholarship, so if laundry service is the only luxury we spring for, it is hardly helicoptering.  [/quote]

Then let him live with the consequences of being the dirty smelly kid. He'll figure out a way to not be the dirty smelly kid. [/quote]

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