"...trying on several pair of the freshly laundered pants, narrowing it down to one, and kicking the rest into the corner, later to be shoved in the dirty laundry basket"
I absolutely HATE rewashing clean clothes that have only gotten dirty because they dusted the floor and not been worn.
"I absolutely HATE rewashing clean clothes that have only gotten dirty because they dusted the floor and not been worn."
My mom, back in my early 60's High School days, had a solution about her kids' laundry. Each of us had a clothes hamper in our rooms. Each of us was responsible for our own laundry, including ironing.
Since we were all dating, we did a pretty good job of keeping our clothing decent-looking.
I can still iron a dress shirt almost as fast as the laundry can. I don't do it much, though, since I rarely wear such a thing.
Let your kids do their own laundry.