So I have nothing against outsourcing laundry but OP, my 8th grader does her laundry once a week and has for years. You really can’t figure this out?

OP here. Well I guess I hit upon the group of parents of young kids who all have WFH jobs. We have busy older kids with activities and both of us work outside the home. Our kids do lots of chores (they mow the grass, make themselves meals, do dishes, fold laundry, etc.) and know how to do laundry, but I have found it super inefficient for them each to do a tiny load a couple times per week. We certainly don't buy them enough clothes for them to build up a giant load before running out of things to wear. If there are any actual parents of pre-teens and teens who responded, I'd be glad to take a suggestion on how logistically each one of three kids in the family does their own laundry with a single machine and not owning a full weeks' worth of clothes each. And I agree it's not hard to do laundry, obviously. In fact I like doing it. But in our current phase in life it's at the expense of sleep, exercise, and quality time with my kids.

I have a cleaning lady come every week and I pay her to do my laundry and iron it. I pay $25 an hour. Takes her about 4 hrs.

Wait. What?
I can't even fathom how much more time it would take to coordinate getting laundry done by an outside service than to just do it yourself. Like, it's just not that hard.

You want a stranger handling your used underwear?

Just stop being lazy and wash your own drawers op.

I’ll teach you how to Iron Lady like Margaret thatcher

Anonymous wrote:Why can't your high schoolers do the laundry?

+1. How are they going to do the laundry when they go to college? Are you hiring a laundry service for them there too? I do remember some kids using this, but it was such a bad look.

Wow this is sad

Why can't your high schoolers do the laundry?

Jesus. Just do your own laundry.

I can't think of anyone in this area who uses a laundry service. Maybe your housecleaner would be willing to come every week and do laundry or just fold and put away laundry that you have already washed.

Anonymous wrote:Just hire a housekeeper who does laundry.

Seems like the added cost of going from cleaning service to housekeeper who does laundry would be substantially more than the added cost of a laundry service. Not sure if that matters to OP or not.

Anonymous wrote:Just hire a housekeeper who does laundry.

+1, I am in McLean and I don’t think I know anyone who uses a laundry service. I do know some that have their kids do the laundry. It’s a good chore for them to learn.

Just hire a housekeeper who does laundry.

I'm looking for reviews on laundry services for a family with school-aged kids. We'd be sending out a range of items -- play/public school clothes for our elementary and high schoolers, machine-wash school uniform items for our middle schooler (specifically wrinkle-free oxfords and khakis), a bunch of very sweaty sports wear for the older two, and some delicate items for myself and the high schooler (bras, blouses, machine wash suiting). Our bi-weekly cleaner does sheets, and we can manage towels, so no linens. Can you recommend a service in the McLean area? We're thinking twice per week. We want to ensure items are properly sorted so that delicates are treated properly, colors don't bleed, etc. and also want to avoid lost/damaged items. Thanks!