Dirty underwear

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Underwear is among the most private items in a laundry basket, and it shows in how it gets handled. Many children would rather leave it on the floor than carry it through a room where someone else is. The steps below make the route short, clear and possible to do alone.

Dirty underpants by the laundry basket

A pair of white underpants with stains and a green smell symbol beside a grey laundry basket full of colourful clothes.

About this visual support

Anything to do with the body is handled more carefully than other things. A pair of dirty underwear is not just laundry but something that can trigger shame if someone comments, looks too long or asks why it looks the way it does. So it stays where nobody can see it, which solves the problem in the short term and creates a new one over time.

Visual support works here because it removes the need to talk about the matter. A picture showing underwear going into the basket is instruction enough, and it can hang in the bathroom rather than in the living room. The routine becomes clear without anyone having to comment on the contents.

A concrete tip is to place a small basket with a lid in the bathroom rather than in the laundry room. A short distance and a closed lid make the step possible without an audience, and that is often enough for the habit to settle. In Routined the step can sit in the evening routine after the shower, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.