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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids do a lot of things but laundry isn't one of them.  We have too many people living in our house for one person to be hogging one of the washing machines or dryers.

Usually by late elementary school they can and will do a load if they need something that they discovered wasn't in the laundry basket.  Other than that they don't start doing laundry for real until the summer before they leave for college.  That's the system I've set up and I'm sticking with it.  They are doing so many other things outstandingly well that I am not worrying about laundry.

If doing laundry is your line in the sand for whether a kid is a lay-about or productive then I think it is a dumb metric. [/quote]

I think you miss the point.  You shouldn't do things for your kids that they can do for themselves.  It should be a source of pride for them that they can take care of their own needs.  When you deny them that you do them no favor.[/quote]

My kids know how to do their own laundry and never had chores beyond taking out the trash and recycling. They help out when asked. They are good people and good students. Sometimes chores are just something to fight about. With the pandemic my focus is on keeping my remaining child at home focused and mentally well. All she has to do is her school work. She doesn't wash a pan but she is doing all of her college apps on her own. That's enough. Keeping house is not rocket science. She'll do it when she needs to and she's got a lifetime of dishes and laundry and all that garbage ahead of her. More than happy to do it for her for now. [/quote]

That's us too.  Our kids are capable of doing the domestic chores and are always willing to do it cheerfully. But, right now, I'd rather they go on a walk or bike, facetime their friends or watch a movie etc.  My kids are in HS and there is pressure of school work, EC activities and college application and internship process.  I am more than happy to cater to my entire family by making my home a comfortable place for all.  Be it cleaning the house, doing laundry, taking care of routine paperwork, cooking meals etc[/quote]

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