I just saw a cool idea for socks. Assign a mesh laundry bag to each kid.

Apr 17, 2014
9:26:58am

Mister P

When they take their socks off each day, they are to put them in their bag. Then the bag gets tossed into the washer and dryer and the kid can pair them afterward easily.

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Who has a good laundry method at their house? We need to get efficient.

Mister P

4/17/14 9:01am

All I know is I put things in the magic hamper, and it ends up clean and folded

jdub

4/17/14 9:03am

We are trying to teach our sons self reliance so we want to involve them.

Mister P

4/17/14 9:05am

If the kids are over 8 have them do it themselves! We have two baskets for each

TXSmith

4/17/14 9:04am

We have thought of that, but we want to limit washes. What's the point of having

Mister P

4/17/14 9:06am

a full 1 1/2 bushel basket is the optimum size for those machines

TXSmith

4/17/14 9:13am

Our system

badodo

4/17/14 9:23am

I just saw a cool idea for socks. Assign a mesh laundry bag to each kid.

Mister P

4/17/14 9:26am

socks and tighty whities different brands for each age group

JONBOY

4/17/14 9:06am

We do that too.

Mister P

4/17/14 9:07am

When I turned 10, it became my job to fold my own clothes on Friday Night

deek1906

4/17/14 9:06am

I thought of this as well. I think we might start doing this. Put a movie on and

Mister P

4/17/14 9:08am

I just try not to air the dirty stuff.

PharmCoug

4/17/14 9:11am

Handwritten letters are ok though.

quikandskinny

4/17/14 10:35am

put in another set of washer dryer

johnnycarson

4/17/14 9:14am

funny thing is, that this is a real trend in executive homes

TXSmith

4/17/14 9:22am

we have 2. helps a lot.

johnnycarson

4/17/14 10:19am

Have them write their names with a sharpie on the front of their clothes.

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