<p>S has been doing his own laundry since late middle school and appears to subscribe to the “chuy methodology” (see post #17). IE, Doing Laundry for him involves: sorting (or it would if he had any whites), washing and drying. Then living out of the dryer unless someone else at home comes along wanting to use it. When that happens (and I presume at school), he lives out of his “clean” hamper.</p>
<p>I figure it will save him tons of $$ on bedroom furniture - who needs dressers, closet systems or hangars with this method? :D</p>
<p>I think the laundry service takes like a week turn around time - is that true? If so, my kid wouldn’t have enough clothes! I looked at the pamphlet because the laundry is a distance away from where he’s going to be living - but between the price and the time it took I didn’t even consider it.</p>
<p>When my son was younger, he asked if we could just put hooks on the wall for him to hang his clothes from. I guess that was supposed to be a compromise between leaving them on the floor and putting them away.</p>
<p>He does his laundry at camp where he is counselor. </p>
<p>I do not plan on visiting his dorm room to look at his living quarters once he goes away to college. I don’t want to upset myself :-)</p>
<p>Binx, H & I thought the laundry service was one of the cool things about Davidson! How I would have loved to have had someone do my laundry (still would) … and I probably would have blamed my freshman 15 on the hot water & hot dryers!</p>
<p>sueinphilly, that would be a whole 'nother thread — H said just today that D’s roommate will probably rue the day she got assigned to THAT room!</p>
<p>OK, sorry but have we not spoiled and enabled them enough. My kids have been helping with laundry since they were toddlers and were expected to do their own by jr. high-high school. It is like with anything else in life we teach them…all we can do is teach them and hope they follow through…but if we save them every time they never learn the consequences. Save the quarters for them if you really want to help them!</p>
<p>Toddlers, eh? BTW, neither of my kids colleges charged for use of washers or dryers. I’m not sure how we lucked out, but before you give them a roll to go, might want to check on that.</p>
<p>By the time you’ve laid out the T-shirt just so, you won’t need the contraption to fold it !
I tried the origami T-shirt folding method I saw on a youtube video but I can’t get the hang of it (pun intended). As for S, it’s a lucky day if he actually stuffs his T-shirts into his drawer. Usually, they are in a pile on whatever surface is available.</p>
<p>Marite,
Acutally, I thought the folder was pretty cool for my stuff and my daughter would use it at home. She hates the way I fold shirts and after a winter break job being the folder at a department store, she might actually appreciate it. My son prefers to just put piles of clean clothes on the right side of his bed (next to the dresser) and dirty clothes on the left side, near the hamper. :(</p>
<p>binx et al, when looking through a college book, my 8th grade d saw the thing about the laundry included at Davidson, so it is now at the top of her college list!! :-)</p>
<p>My son puts his clean t-shirts on hangers as soon as they come out of the dryer – it takes so much less time than folding. Even if he can’t get them right on hangers as soon as the drying cycle is over, at least the wrinkles have a chance to “hang out” when he finally does.</p>
<p>My son will be a freshmen at Florida State this year and I just signed him up for the laundry service at <a href=“http://www.studentsuds.com%5B/url%5D”>www.studentsuds.com</a>. I’ll let everyone know how he likes it.</p>
<p>Kathiep, my D’s school (Furman) does not charge for washers or dryers. That’s a nice touch, isn’t it?</p>
<p>I am just wondering if there is a service that will come in & make the bed for my D … I figure if she does her sheets, her span of attention will be exceeded … so the mattress may stay bare! Hopefully, I am just kidding. However, I don’t plan to find out one way or the other. She will be miles away, on her own, and it’s her life!</p>
<p>At Rose-Hulman, they wash AND change the sheets (which are provided). I guess that while engineers can master the theory of hospital corners, execution is quite another thing.</p>
<p>My kids have done their own laundry since second grade - a rite of passage in our house. However, their folding is hit or miss. I think they are hoping to start a trend with wrinkles. (faux linen?) They have also all discovered the “passive press” achieved by hanging a shirt in the bathroom when taking a shower. My H folds the best in our house; however, he only folds when he’s packing his suitcase, so it doesn’t help the rest of us.</p>
<p>S2 is in the 5th week of his summer program, and says he has done laundry once. He wears sandals as often as possible, because it cuts down on the need for clean socks.</p>
<p>If you haven’t yet discovered the “Color Catcher” sheets (Shout make them, I think) they are a lifesaver for kids who hate to sort.</p>
<p>Before you stock up on quarters, check your kid’s school - some use the kid’s student ID that functions as a debit card.</p>
<p>In the days when I had full time housekeepers, they did some cooking and a ton of the grocery shopping. </p>
<p>I like to cook but I hate to shop–unless it is stop by the small market shopping a la Paris or Rome. I’m not a fan of big grocery stores. It takes 45 minutes to get out of the one near my parent’s house–no matter what you go in for! Grrrrr.</p>