<p>If your daughter chooses a school in an urban area, if the school doesn’t offer laundry service itself, I am sure there are many laundry services located nearby.</p>
<p>When I was in college, I disliked doing laundry in the dorms as in too many occasions, I found my wet clothes tossed out of the washing machine before the wash cycle was done (I"ve timed it so I can return as soon as it was finished) and somebody else’s clothes were being washed. Same story with the dryers. It was not fun. I learned to study in the laundry room until everything was done.</p>
<p>Calmom, I started off with saying yes, this is partially on me. </p>
<p>Fauve, yes not only can said child drive, said child can do minor body work. Perhaps she can afind a nice young man she can trade body work for laundry.</p>
<p>I spent close to an hour yesterday trying to do the origami t-shirt folding technique. I couldn’t. I showed D the link and on her first try, she was able to do it. She is now origami folding all the t-shirts in her drawers</p>
<p>Yes, you did acknowledge your responsibility. But what do you propose to do about the outcome of your parenting? That really is the question, isn’t it?
I once knew a young woman who peeled an apple at a lunch my family was attending. Her mother turned to mine and boasted: “See? she can do it.” The young woman in question was already married and had a small child. You probably guessed it already: the parents were millionaires and the young woman had a cook, several maids, chauffeur and a nanny. Those of us without such a battalion of paid help learned not only to peel our own apples but also to do laundry, cook our own meals, and generally become self-reliant.</p>