There's no thought or planning underlying them, so they don't work particularly well. It is the morning of a family outing with parent's in-laws. Child appears at breakfast table in stained, torn clothing. Parent orders child to change. Child replies that he has no clean clothes.
Parent charges up the stairs to child's room.
The floor is layered with strata of clean and dirty laundry. Dresser drawers are stuffed with wadded clothes in various states of cleanliness and presentability. Parent orders child to put on substitute outfit. Parent raises voice. Veins stand out on the parental neck.