Do their own laundry start to finish at 13: practising with less help
At 13, most children can do their own laundry start to finish with less help each week: about 60 minutes, weekly, alone around 14.
Do their own laundry start to finish at 13, at a glance
- Stage
- Practising, with less help
- What they do
- doing most of the job themselves with you nearby to answer questions and finish off the hard part
- How you check
- check most times, and fix one thing at a time rather than everything
- Time it takes
- about 60 minutes
- How often
- Weekly
- Points
- 20 (5 for a small job, 10 for a bigger one)
- Starts with help
- around 12
- Alone
- around 14
Other laundry jobs at 13
- Put dirty clothes in the hamper (alone)
- Match socks from the laundry (alone)
- Put clean clothes away (alone)
- Sort laundry by color (alone)
- Fold laundry (alone)
- Change the bed sheets (alone)
- Do a load of laundry (alone)
- Iron clothes (with help)
A day of jobs at 13
- Daily jobs
- 3 to 5
- Weekly jobs
- 2 or 3, including one they own start to finish
- Time
- 30 to 45 minutes a day
In TaskFamily, "Do their own laundry start to finish" becomes a job on your 13-year-old's own screen. The Trust Ladder moves each job from "check every time" to spot checks to full trust as they prove they can do it.
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Ages and times are typical, not rules: children develop at different speeds, and you know yours best. The chore library is TaskFamily's own. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.