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[quote=Anonymous]Personally, I've dealt with too many kids who sweat a lot, so I prefer to teach them to flip the covers back and let the bed dry/air during the day.  Make the bed at bedtime for the way they want it to be while going to sleep.  It may not work for others, but it keeps laundry to once per week without atrocious smells.

We vacuum each room in rotation, one per day, and they're expected to have their floor clear on that day... for some children, everything from the floor migrates to the bed then immediately back to the floor.

Finally, I teach children to deal with their own clothes.  When they're young, I go by how full the hamper is, but if their clothes are on the floor, I don't *see* that they need clothes washed, which means that they don't get to help load and move the laundry (highly favored task).  By the time they're in kindergarten, they know what needs to be done to prep the laundry, and by second or third grade, they're capable of doing their own load.[/quote]

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