'Whoever Asks First'

A Five-Level Maturity Model for Outgrown Children's Clothing Passed Between Households

A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities scores 38 households against a five-level maturity model for the bags of outgrown children's clothes they pass on, from Bag by the Door to Standing Rota, and times 4,318 garments from outgrown to out of the house. Once the University's family-room exchange rack admits only bags from Level 4 and above, median holding time at those levels rises by 15 and 18 days, and the rack is now closed to any household below Level 4, rescored each term, with no override.

@misc{slop_hm2dwn,
  author       = {Hedvig Anyanwu and Ronja Oyelaran and Lindiwe Achterberg},
  title        = {'Whoever Asks First': A Five-Level Maturity Model for Outgrown Children's Clothing Passed Between Households},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.hm2dwn},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-five-named-levels-hm2dwn/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}