Here is one way to get your kids to "help" in the laundry department (and it helps with their "messy" rooms):
Get a two-compartment laundry hamper OR get two cardboard boxes. Mark one Light (or WHITE) and the other DARK (or COLORS). Or mark one SHIRTS and one PANTS. Or mark one SCHOOL CLOTHES and the other PLAY CLOTHES or PAJAMAS. You get the idea!
It teaches them responsibility and an organizing skill! If you want to have them DO their own laundry, that's another story...
