I Stopped Folding My Kids' Laundry on Purpose & It's Been Liberating — A Mom Confession

About this episode

Brynne shares her liberating experience of stopping the practice of folding her kids' laundry and the positive changes it brought to her family life.

In this episode, I share how I intentionally stopped folding my kids' laundry and it's been liberating. I was tired of folding everything perfectly only to have them pull out multiple shirts, leave them on the floor, and create piles I couldn't tell were clean or dirty. So I stopped. Now I taught my boys to sort their own clothes and shove them in drawers. Yes, there are wrinkles. No, I don't care. And guess what? The wrinkles disappear throughout the day anyway. For my baby, I literally keep a clean laundry basket and a dirty laundry basket side by side and pick out his clothes each day. It's been amazing. I remember seeing a mom get shamed online for doing a bin system, and I just think that's so unnecessary. If you need permission to let something go and simplify your life, here it is. You got this. Brynne’s Social: Facebook: @Brynne Erickson - my public page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573316550355 Instagram: @brynne_erickson https://www.instagram.com/brynne_erickson/ Threads: @brynne_erickson https://www.threads.com/@brynne_erickson?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Chapters 00:00 Reevaluating Laundry Routines 04:01 Empowerment Through Simplification

People in this episode

Host: Brynne Erickson

Topics covered

• parenting
• laundry routines
• simplification
• empowerment
• self-care

Keywords

• laundry
• parenting tips
• simplifying life
• wrinkles
• kids' chores

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