15 year old in charge of the washing?

[PixiePlunge]

Overheard a colleague today say that her 15 year old son takes over the clothes washing in their house and doesn't like anyone to do it.

Aibu to find that very strange?

She will at 15yo! I sometimes cooked but did what my mum told me (possibly with whinging) I had a part time job and school work at that age. Why not?

Yeah, why not? I do this and just wash everything on the lowest temperature cycle needed - i.e. if there's knitwear in the load, it all gets washed at 30.

Me too.
Ive never had any clothes ruined by washing machine.

My 6 year old enjoys doing laundry. I can only hope that it lasts!

I asked my dad, why he's always done the laundry. He said it started at about 13/14, because his mum was like some of the posters above, she just shoved everything in together. He said he had a few ruined t shirts and jeans and so started doing his own, which led to him doing his family's.

Now he said it's his preferred household job, so he's happy to do it and he still won't let either my mum or myself wash his jeans.

I'm not sure how I'll cope when I move out and I have to do my own washing and ironing. Hopefully my boyfriend will be happy to take on that role.

My MIL had all her sons helping with the washing from four and doing full loads when they were tall enough to reach the line.

I thank God for her every day.

I'm not sure how I'll cope when I move out and I have to do my own washing and ironing. Hopefully my boyfriend will be happy to take on that role.

I am sure you will cope.

It's not rocket science.

I did no washing or housework as a child- it wasn;t hard to learn when I got my own place

There is no great skill or arcane knowledge.

Ha, sorry skerrywind I meant it quite lighthearted, I know how to use the washing machine and iron. It is lovely to come home to it all done though and my dad does iron really well.
But then I tend to do more big cleaning, than my parents do and share cooking 50/50 with my mum.
So it's not that I don't pull my weight!

Yeah she wants to her own shopping because, guess what? Clearly she cannot trust you, there's things that if she told you, you'd take the wrong way. You probably posted this about her without her knowledge. You should be ashamed. Work on your relationship before it's too late.

I think this young lad has it all sussed out. Doing the laundry keeps him in the good books, allowing him to get away with a little more than he could otherwise. Plus, he probably likes to wash his own socks IFKWIM.

Good for him! It's good for kids to have household tasks. When I was a teenager, I regularly did washing/cooked meals/tidied up etc. My parents worked shifts so it helped to keep things going.

At least he won't be like a poor lad who I shared a uni house with one year. He arrived, for his first year completely unable to do anything. He had never used a washer, cooked a meal, done a supermarket shop or any household tasks. He was fortunate to land in a house of nice people and we helped him out and taught him how to do all of the above! I think his parents had done literally everything for him!

Why not? Everybody should play their part, and especially so at the moment.