Hang a Towel Your Child Can Reach With a Hair Tie
For young children, even the simplest household chores can be a challenge. This is at least partly due to the fact that homes are built for the most efficient use of mid-sized adults – everything from countertops and sinks to toilets and doorknobs is placed at a height that best suits our comfort, which often means they are too tall for small children to comfortably reach. In the case of a hand towel rack that is too high, this may mean that the towel is constantly being lowered, used, and then thrown into the sink or on the floor.
But when the frustration peaked, a parent on our Offspring Facebook group came up with a solution. Ashley and her husband John were – and I quote – “deeply upset about the wet towels in the sink.” So John grabbed the hair tie and the solution was born:
The trick here is to hang one end of the towel down so that the little hands are more prone to wiping off rather than tugging to lower the towel to its height. And if you are afraid that this method will lead to the fact that a small child tears the towel rail off the wall entirely, Ashley tells our group :
Our hair tie is not very tight and we keep a small end, so if you pull hard enough it will just come undone. From time to time I have to tighten it up a little. I suppose if you had a very tight hair tie it might be a problem, and [with] a motivated child you might have trouble repairing a dry wall. You know your child (s); proceed with caution.
But “you know your children; Proceed with caution. ”This is basically the line I have to add at the end of every Offspring message.