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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Both of my sons did their own laundry starting at age 12. It is not really that difficult. Did your son ever have to do any chores around the house?[/quote]

Yes, of course he does chores.  He cleans up the kitchen after dinner most nights (dishes, etc.), and he voluntarily cooks sometimes.  He also spends a lot of time with his sister, who has Down Syndrome, and helps out taking her to doctor appointments, etc., and he does this without being required to do so.  In addition to working hard enough at school to have obtained a full academic scholarship.

But I'm getting him the laundry service no matter what you think.  I am kind of regretting that we did not have him apply to any of the schools in his dad's country, where there doesn't seem to be such a vitriolic reaction to something so inconsequential as how his socks get washed in college.

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If you knew you were doing it regardless, why did you post?   Trollity trollity troll troll.[/quote]

Because she's in Europe and wanted info on college laundry services in the US -- e.g. Whether they were available, whether they were good, how they work, how to choose one/set up an account.  It was a logistical question not a parenting one.

This is just some weird DCUM fetish-- not reflective of American attitudes generally.  I've never seen or heard people give a damn re college laundry services.  (Just old jokes about bringing it home on the weekend for Mom to do).  My college had linen service only.  I didn't bother (wanted to have my own sheets and towels), but DH had it.  At lots of the colleges my daughter is looking at, there are commercial laundry services locally that do pick up and delivery to dorms and have semester-long contacts priced by pounds per week.  [/quote]

You stated that your child is a slob, and rather than let him feel the consequences of that behavior and then learn to fix it, you are going to hire a laundry service for him.   Wow.[/quote]

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