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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I can’t imagine[/b] doing laundry for my kids over the age of 10. They are completely capable and should be doing their own. If you’re doing it for them consistently then you are babying them. [/quote]

That's a real lack of imagination. Imagine...other households running differently than yours!
Here's one of MANY examples. My teen Ds gets home from high school basketball practice at 9:45. His practice uniform needs to be washed and dried and in his backpack by 7:15 am. Should he stay up late doing laundry? Not the best use of his time. He needs to eat, shower and go to bed. [/quote]

Did you see the word “consistently” in my post. I agree that in situations like this, you preserve your kid’s sleep (but why is there only one practice uniform?).

How about his regular laundry—do you do that for him on the weekends too?

Tangent: There’s an epidemic of college students and young adults who are deeply unhappy, and I know it can be a lot of things, but I wonder sometimes if parents work so hard to make their childhood magical and happy and easy and don’t make their kids do things so they can focus on fun/socializing and their preferred sport or activity (as well as homework of course) and then these kids grow into adults in the real world and realize that life isn’t as easy as when mom/dad did everything for me and they become deeply unhappy.

Or it’s the social media :) 
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We have lost the pride that comes with being able to take care of yourself. [/quote]

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