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[quote=Anonymous]OP it’s the laundry that absolutely kills me. 3 of my kids are in multiple sports so between school uniforms, practice and game uniforms, I feel like I’m drowning in it. We had someone do the laundry (I would wash it and have it ready, sorted by family member, and she would fold it and put it away), but she got a better offer at $45/hr for 2 days a week. I was already paying her $32 and just couldn’t compete. I so wish I could find someone to come and do laundry for one or 2 days a week. What has helped is we redid the laundry room and put in 2 sets of machines. I can wash everything pretty quickly now. I fold it and put it in a basket for each kid. They put it away for the most part. Sometimes their baskets stay full for a bit, but it’s on them. 
For lunch, I switched them all to school lunch. They look at the menus, and the picky one will bring something on days she doesn’t love it, but that’s all on her. 
For dinner, order delivery twice a week. Another maybe two nights, I essentially instacart something easy, like wegmans family meals or Costco stuff. 
For everyone saying the kids should do more, at least in our house, they truly don’t have time. My older ones get home from school sports at 6:30 and either have a travel sport or homework for a few hours. My younger one gets home at 4 and then has a sport each day for a few hours. I don’t want to cut into their sleep time. [/quote]

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