tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post4120314828771372626..comments2024-02-24T03:24:24.785-05:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Unless, of course, you are raising robotsjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-22256619910454883962008-09-03T23:10:00.000-04:002008-09-03T23:10:00.000-04:00Selective laundry was necessary in our house when ...Selective laundry was necessary in our house when I was growing up. My mother is far too attached to bleach. As in, she's been known to use so much that it isn't just a matter of having colorless splotches on clothes - we would find bleach holes! That, and she shrinks everything By the time I was 12, I didn't let her touch my clothes if I wanted them to survive. But she insists on doing laundry just the same. I feel bad for my dad.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-54556105987605662112008-09-02T21:17:00.000-04:002008-09-02T21:17:00.000-04:00Elsewhere: Thanks for the link!Elsewhere: Thanks for the link!jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-4865521359202217182008-08-30T17:27:00.000-04:002008-08-30T17:27:00.000-04:00So I picked up a magazine to read on dinner break ...So I picked up a magazine to read on dinner break yesterday, and it turns out Newsweek (not to mention all the child development and genetics experts they quote) agrees with you:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newsweek.com/id/151758<BR/><BR/>They don't mention anything about laundry, though.elswherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682431666658202440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-54939436861367831632008-08-29T11:16:00.000-04:002008-08-29T11:16:00.000-04:00Yeah, and it's not as if you actually do thelaundr...Yeah, and it's not as if you actually do thelaundry; the WASHING MACHINE does it.<BR/><BR/>FAYourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-13365383109397939612008-08-29T11:15:00.000-04:002008-08-29T11:15:00.000-04:00I so agree with you on this one!I'm an example, BT...I so agree with you on this one!<BR/><BR/>I'm an example, BTW, of someone who never did laundry as a teenager. My Mom always did the laundry. But once I was living on my own as an adult, it took me only about five minutes to learn how to do it. No biggie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-35077994759917615592008-08-29T04:06:00.000-04:002008-08-29T04:06:00.000-04:00Those kinds of sweeping directives never used to b...Those kinds of sweeping directives never used to bother me, but then I came to a place where I was having things like that tossed at me from people of many different nationalities, and suddenly it all seemed so much more intense.<BR/><BR/>I'm been restored to sanity, though, trusting myself with my kids, who I know better than anyone. It was nice to read your post and hear those thoughts from someone who has seen the results!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-4733343251635896412008-08-28T18:30:00.000-04:002008-08-28T18:30:00.000-04:00well, i can see your point, jo(e). but i think we...well, i can see your point, jo(e). but i think we can all agree that teenagers should do laundry. and clean up the bathroom, every so often. <BR/><BR/>it's just easier in some households to assign the laundry task by not doing it for them.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-17507448789546665572008-08-28T17:57:00.000-04:002008-08-28T17:57:00.000-04:00Ah, but each person doing his or her own laundry w...Ah, but each person doing his or her own laundry would make no sense in a household like mine, where we have a whole bunch of people. It makes much more sense to combine all the laundry so that whoever chooses the laundry as their chore does one load of whites, one load of darks, one load of dress shirts and such, etc. Our house rule is that no one is allowed to do "selective laundry" -- that is, only washing your own stuff rather than everyone's. Selective laundry is a practice that drives me crazy.<BR/><BR/>Boy in Black does not even own enough clothes to make a whole load of laundry. It makes more sense to combine clothes from the whole household when we do laundry. (I say "we" but I never ever choose the laundry as my chore when we divide up the household chores. I hate doing laundry.)jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-57101085149076061842008-08-28T15:36:00.000-04:002008-08-28T15:36:00.000-04:00I'm with Kathy.I'm with Kathy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-85930347073204780482008-08-28T12:46:00.000-04:002008-08-28T12:46:00.000-04:00Teenagers should do...their own laundry.That's the...Teenagers should do<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>their own laundry.<BR/><BR/>That's the only thing I could come up with that all teenagers <I>should</I> do.Kathy Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980621565856010779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-43414139660481483702008-08-28T12:44:00.000-04:002008-08-28T12:44:00.000-04:00I've a three and a half year old and a nine month ...I've a three and a half year old and a nine month old, both boys, and already I can see several things that worked with the older are clearly not right for the younger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-77063174722426603592008-08-28T00:37:00.000-04:002008-08-28T00:37:00.000-04:00...or with teaching!!!...or with teaching!!!concretegodmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715507653195339418noreply@blogger.com