My son is not getting the jist of what are good clothes and what are play clothes. He's 10 and old enough to put away his own laundry. He's supposed to put away his clean laundry and the play clothing is put in the dresser while good clothes are to be hung up. Unfortunately he keeps wearing his good clothes outside to play and when I ask him if what he's wearing is play clothes (when it's obviously not) he just says "I don't know" It's not that he's being lazy but he's not getting the point that clothing that's holey and stained is what you wear to rough house or play outside in. I've told him multiple times that if it's got holes, is faded, or stained it goes in the dresser but it's to no avail.
I'm trying to get some sort of system worked out either by marking the tags somehow or doing some sort of marking on the play clothes so that all he has to do is look for the mark. If it's not got a mark it get's hung up. In theory this will work, but I don't know how to go about marking the clothing. I know the old sharpies just blurred and faded after multiple washings so I didn't want to spend the time doing that if it won't last. The only clothing marking pens I've found say you have to heat set them with an iron which is a rediculous amount of work for this project. I need something that won't take all day and won't have to redone. Does anyone have any tips or ideas how to mark the clothing so he can put away his clothes without an ordeal and I don't have to worry about his nice stuff getting ruined. We don't have the money to be buying him a new wardrobe every month.
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