I am curious as to why some parents have their kids do their laundry separately from their parents despite it using up more resources for no reason. I don't understand why you can't just have the child do the whole household's laundry when he does.
Baby steps... once kids get a good handle on doing their own, then they can get more responsibilities and move towards doing the whole household. While it may take more resources now, the point is to move towards a more efficient way of doing this once kids are more comfortable with the process. Also, it will be less overwhelming, so kids focus on the task without being discouraged about the amount of work.