As a child, anyone who loved the children's book "Charlotte's Web" may find it difficult to kill spiders as an adult.    It's best to merely let spiders outside rather than flushing them down the drain because it has been demonstrated that they are actually beneficial in several significant ways. 

Or, the best course of action is to use the proper pest control service to keep them from ever getting inside your house in the first place. 

Here are some ways in which spiders benefit society. 

They may not have saved a pig like in "Charlotte's Web," but they serve an excellent purpose.  The ecology as a whole, including the gardens near your house, benefits from spiders.

They can eat other unpleasant pests that can destroy the plants, fruits, and vegetables you raise.    They are handy for eliminating tiny insects that can harm your tomato plants.    Don't you want the best possible tomatoes for those delicious summertime dishes?    Of course, you do; in this case, the spiders act as your accomplices.    You have heard that spiders bite through movies, television shows, and comic books (thank you, Spider-Man).  In real life, though, that isn't the case.    Less than a tenth of one percent of the 43,000 spider species have ever killed a human, and they rarely cause harm to people.

Therefore, the tiny spider in the ceiling corner of your bathroom won't leap on you as you take a shower and suffocate you in between suds. 

From the typical house spider, you are largely protected.

The preferred way to move them outside is to carefully guide them into a jar or glass using a postcard or a stiff piece of paper. 

So you can humanely capture those adorable eight-legged friends and release them back into the wild. 

Show any nearby kids how to securely get rid of any spiders you detect in your home if you have them. 

Teaching them how to live harmoniously with our arachnid friends is a worthwhile lesson.