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Kids: Sorting Laundry
Do you seperate your light and dark laundry before washing? Why not teach your kids this lifelong skill?
Here are some basic steps to get you started:
1. Put two hampers in the location where your children get undressed. This is often their bedroom or the bathroom.
2. Purchase two colors (ideally one dark and one white).
3. Demonstrate how you would like your children to seperate the laundry. When you see a mistake, give them a gentle reminder but always encourage their efforts.
Seperating light and dark laundry is just the first step. As kids get older, they can handle more of the laundry process and more responsibility.
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Time: Waiting For All The Facts
 This is a great post from Seth Godin's daily blog:
"I'm just going to wait until all the facts are in..."
All the facts are never in.
We don't have all the facts on the sinking of the Titanic, on the efficacy of social media or on whether dogs make good house pets.
We don't have all the facts on hybrid tomatoes, global warming or the demise of the industrial age, either.
The real question isn't whether you have all the facts.
The real question is, "do I know enough to make a useful decision?" (and no decision is still a decision).
If you don't, then the follow up question is, "What would I need to know, what fact would I need to see, before I take action?"
If you can't answer that, then you're not actually waiting for all the facts to come in.
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Home & Office: Prevent ID Fraud
Thanks to Margi Hirschberg for sending along these great tips:
1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead put "Photo ID Required."
2. When writing checks to pay your credit card bill, do not put the complete account number - only put the last 4 digits. The credit card company knows the rest, and anyone who might be handling your check during processing won't have access to it.
3. Put your work phone number (not home) on checks. Use a PO Box or work address instead of your home address. Never have your social security number printed on checks.
4. Photocopy both sides of everything in your wallet. If your wallet is lost or stolen you will have all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.
5. Carry a photocopy of your passport when you travel.
Have some tips you'd like to share? Please email me at: 99@ControlChaos.org
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