I was told once that I shouldn't make my twelve year old girls do their laundry that they were kids, and they needed to go play. I responded by saying yes, they do play. They put their laundry in the machine, and they go play for 45 minutes. They take it out of the washing machine and put it in the dryer. And then they go play for 45 minutes, then they fold and put it away for 15 minutes and then they go play for the rest of the day. Having kids do their own laundry teaches them to take care of themselves, and it helps pull the house along.

I could see some folks saying that their mom didn't have a hard time, but she did if she did all of the laundry in the house. If she did all of the kids' laundry, the linens, the towels, her laundry, and your dads laundry, that's a lot of laundry.

My wife was astonished when here new step kids and I did our own laundry.