Do you do your teens laundry?

[4greatboys]

I'm pretty sure those of us that do all the laundry instead of having the kids do will have children who grow up to be functional and contributing members of society. Oh wait I already have one. My oldest son, whose laundry I always did, is now a paramedic. He's out saving lives on a daily basis and he can also do his own laundry, fix his own food, work a defibrillator....you get the idea.

 

[mhsjax]

I was raised in a family where my mother did the chores and somehow I can do them. My daughter is the clean one in her dorm room and is actually embarrassed for me to come up when her room-mates do no clean up.

And I have no problem getting into my helicopter to pick you up on family days at the state prison, I hear they put a new heli-pad in with our new tax dollars!!

Thanks for the lift. lol

 

["Got Disney"]

Boys are ages 14 and 17...but 17 y.o and I do the laundry...however had a chat with my 17 y.o and said this year your life is about to change because you have one year left before heading off to College so its time to no longer be a MaMa's boy My 14 y/o is much more independent....but I do his laundry also. 17 y/o will be starting to learn many life lessons. He will learn fast.

 

[Bob NC]

Our kids have done their own laundry since they were about 10. And, no, they don't get an allowance for it.

It's really not as big a deal as you all are making it out to be.

 

[Planogirl]

My mother always did all of the laundry too and it wasn't exactly rocket science to start doing my own. I guess that I need to add the fact that I do the laundry to my list of shortcomings as a parent. I agree that it's not that big a deal from either perspective.

 

[Judy Judy Judy]

I was a sahm when my kids were growing up and if I had to do it all over again my dd would have started doing more than school work and activities around the age of 16. This is from my stand point and me talking about my family not anyone elses. But to this day my dd is lazy as a stick when it comes to any type of housework/laundry, she is a total slob and doesn't even care, she would let her cloths pile in her room to the ceiling if I didn't stay on her. If she does do any cleaning it's like a 10 yr old has cleaned it, calling out "mom come check this is this good enough" and of course she has just through everything in her closets.
Now anything for herself like work or activities she has no problem being on time, working, helping others but when she's at home (she's in her late 20's ) it is a huge mess staying on her to do anything. All I can do is hope one day she'll make enough money to be able to hire a housekeeper when she moves out. Which I doubt because she can't even support herself now. Just sayin.

 

[Axel]

I'm 19 and my dad does my laundry. He even folds it for me and leaves it on my bed. I feel bad sometimes and have offered multiple times in the past to do it myself, but he always tells me that ever since he retired, he doesn't have much to do any more and doing the laundry gets him off his butt and at least moving around for a little bit.

He does it while I'm away at college (my mom visits once a week and we go to dinner with my sister and nephew as part of a family bonding time and takes my laundry home with her and brings it back the next week) because it's really much cheaper. At my school, it's about $1.40 for one run in the washers and $1.20 for a run in the dryers (and most loads require two runs), so I'm saving cash. While it doesn't seem like much, on a college kids' bankroll $50 bucks means a text book or two.

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

My mother always did all of the laundry too and it wasn't exactly rocket science to start doing my own. I guess that I need to add the fact that I do the laundry to my list of shortcomings as a parent. I agree that it's not that big a deal from either perspective.

Exactly. Some people on this thread seem to feel that doing laundy takes eight to ten years of training. I never did laundry once before going to college (although, to be fair, my mother didn't do it in our home, either), and somehow I was miraculously able to figure it out when I was on my own. The only hard part was finding enough quarters (the freshman dorm where I lived did not have a change machine for some odd reason), and unless the parents on this thread are installing pay machines in their homes (which sounds like a distinct possibility for some), I don't think an eight year head start would have helped that.

 

[mhsjax]

Our kids have done their own laundry since they were about 10. And, no, they don't get an allowance for it.

It's really not as big a deal as you all are making it out to be.

YOUr are right, it isn't a big deal. That is the whole point. For those of us that are at home during the day, we do it, or at least I do. And when the kids do finally move out, the oldest is only 14 he will survive and figure it out, if he hasn't got it figured out by the time he leaves.

But for everyone that thinks just because a kid doesn't do laundry, he will be a momma's boy or girl,or won't survive, really? I think you need to get a hobby.

 

[Judy Judy Judy]

I don't think doing laundry takes 8 to 10 yrs of training but I do think that some behaviors have to be learnt. Like time management and knowing you can work and come home and throw on a load of laundry and get it done without waiting until you have nothing to wear and then throwing as much in the washer as you can to just get it done. I don't know I never did laundry until I moved out on my own but just watching my own dd do things lets me know somewhere I could have prepared her better.

 

[mhsjax]

I don't think doing laundry takes 8 to 10 yrs of training but I do think that some behaviors have to be learnt. Like time management and knowing you can work and come home and throw on a load of laundry and get it done without waiting until you have nothing to wear and then throwing as much in the washer as you can to just get it done. I don't know I never did laundry until I moved out on my own but just watching my own dd do things lets me know somewhere I could have prepared her better.

But you know what, I think that is part personality. I used my sister as an example. She didn't do her laundry, she is the queen of clean and organization. I never did it, well I did, but not as a general rule. We haven't run out of anything to wear in 26 years of marriage and that includes 3 kids and all their uniforms. Who knows how my kids will be, truth be known, if they are on their own, I don't care. They can deal with it. So I wouldn't blame yourself.

 

[Planogirl]

But you know what, I think that is part personality. I used my sister as an example. She didn't do her laundry, she is the queen of clean and organization. I never did it, well I did, but not as a general rule. We haven't run out of anything to wear in 26 years of marriage and that includes 3 kids and all their uniforms. Who knows how my kids will be, truth be known, if they are on their own, I don't care. They can deal with it. So I wouldn't blame yourself.

Exactly.

Plus people take care of laundry in different ways. I'm one who washes a load here and there to keep it from piling up too much. Others seem to make it a big laundry day and get it all done at once.

It's all good.

 

[Judy Judy Judy]

But you know what, I think that is part personality. I used my sister as an example. She didn't do her laundry, she is the queen of clean and organization. I never did it, well I did, but not as a general rule. We haven't run out of anything to wear in 26 years of marriage and that includes 3 kids and all their uniforms. Who knows how my kids will be, truth be known, if they are on their own, I don't care. They can deal with it. So I wouldn't blame yourself.

I know I guess I'm just depressed today over her pile of laundry again.

 

[punkin]

Exactly.

Plus people take care of laundry in different ways. I'm one who washes a load here and there to keep it from piling up too much. Others seem to make it a big laundry day and get it all done at once.

It's all good.

Agreed. Laundry is just not that big of an issue in my house. I do like to do it all at once though...so you're wrong. (it's a joke )