Kids and their messy rooms

[LifeisaGarden]

It think it would be so much easier if she didn't have so much. She's such a little hoarder & will keep anything if I let her including broken things & things I would consider trash.

I typically have to go through her room myself to get rid of older things. I do it about 3-4 times a year. It's time to do it again but I'm not touching it until I can walk in there without getting pissed.

[Dpantherman]

Make her sleep outside!

[LifeisaGarden]

Make her sleep outside!

She would totally love me for that. She's been begging to sleep outside for the last 2 years. :rolleyes:

[MCCNASTY]

Pain Compliance!

[LifeisaGarden]

When I was my daughters age I hated cleaning my room too. I think I did the same things she did, except I was a rotten mean ass kid. My parents never had patience with me like I have with her. They'd just bring the belt or switch in and start swinging. When they got done, me & everything else in the room had been beat with it. I hated my stepdad and I once called him a stupid mother fuger for making me clean my room, that did not end well.

[Dpantherman]

She would totally love me for that. She's been begging to sleep outside for the last 2 years. :rolleyes:

damn i give up.

[Jeff L]

I have given up that fight when it comes to my boys... I tell them to shut the door to their rooms so I don't have to see it. If they want to live like pigs they can...

I can always tell when they want to have someone spend the night because they always clean their room... That is the one stipulation I do have when it comes to their rooms.

[LifeisaGarden]

The main problem that I have is she throws her dirty and clean laundry on the floor so you cant tell which is which, she has a big laundry basket but doesn't use it. Then she wants to complain when she has nothing to wear. When she's done cleaning her room she will wash & dry all her own laundry, fold & hang it and put it all away. It should keep her busy for the rest of the month at this rate.

[chef17]

I have given up that fight when it comes to my boys... I tell them to shut the door to their rooms so I don't have to see it. If they want to live like pigs they can...

I can always tell when they want to have someone spend the night because they always clean their room... That is the one stipulation I do have when it comes to their rooms.

This. I have never understood why parents care how clean their kid's rooms are.

[Hawk]

part of it is teaching responsibility and respect for me...but I also agree with you...it's not one of the high priority rules around here

[chef17]

part of it is teaching responsibility and respect for me...but I also agree with you...it's not one of the high priority rules around here

I can understand that. And I can see different situations, such as if the kids always have people over or something. But take my situation for example. No one comes in my room, even I'm rarely in my room except to sleep. So I don't see any reasons why it would matter if my room is clean or dirty because no one ever sees it.

[sunbunny]

I've given up with my son's room. There's probably new species in there along with several miracle cures.

I can at least see the floor in my daughter's room.

[SCMunnerlyn1]

I've got my 17 month old cleaning already

<<<dad of the year

Teach her teh sandwich and she could end up wife of the century one day!

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Ready for the miracle cure .. regardless of how you feel about disciplining your children .. that's what happened to all of us , and the majority of us turned out alot better than the spoiled ass kids nowadays.

So .. here's my cure.