Comments on: Is Your Kid’s Room Clean? http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/ Real life. Real lessons. Fri, 11 May 2012 14:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SherraLifeLesson.com » Teenagers and Clean Rooms http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-8139 SherraLifeLesson.com » Teenagers and Clean Rooms Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:06:43 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-8139 [...] know have written about this subject once or [...] [...] know have written about this subject once or [...]

]]> By: Sherra http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Sherra Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:14:35 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-847 ivey » I'd be worried if she wasn't eating since I still have very picky eaters (in case you missed the <a href="http://sherralifelesson.com/the-cocoa-krispie-nightmare//" rel="nofollow">Cocoa Krispie Nightmare</a>). So far the messes never bother the kids, only me and since we're in the home stretch with three of them, I don't have any advice. I hope your approach works better than mine did! :) ivey » I’d be worried if she wasn’t eating since I still have very picky eaters (in case you missed the Cocoa Krispie Nightmare). So far the messes never bother the kids, only me and since we’re in the home stretch with three of them, I don’t have any advice. I hope your approach works better than mine did! :)

]]> By: ivey http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-841 ivey Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:11:51 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-841 Mine are probably too young to count...but I have always picked their rooms up and the rooms have always been tidy and neat before they laid to rest at night, and so far, they have come to expect a clean room and will even tidy it up for themselves if I can't get to it. Again, very young, the oldest starting school next week. I hope it will continue, where they expect a clean room, and if it doesn't get cleaned by me (I hope) it'll bother them so much they'll clean it themselves? Anyway, that's my hope! I have a question. My youngest daughter, 3, will not stop eating! She has opened the fridge so many times that the door has dislocated...and now, I am so bothered by the sound of the broken fridge door that it makes her constant eating annoying! What do I do? Mine are probably too young to count…but I have always picked their rooms up and the rooms have always been tidy and neat before they laid to rest at night, and so far, they have come to expect a clean room and will even tidy it up for themselves if I can’t get to it. Again, very young, the oldest starting school next week. I hope it will continue, where they expect a clean room, and if it doesn’t get cleaned by me (I hope) it’ll bother them so much they’ll clean it themselves? Anyway, that’s my hope!
I have a question. My youngest daughter, 3, will not stop eating! She has opened the fridge so many times that the door has dislocated…and now, I am so bothered by the sound of the broken fridge door that it makes her constant eating annoying! What do I do?

]]> By: SherraLifeLesson.com » Flexible Friday #9 No-Fail Birthday Present http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-757 SherraLifeLesson.com » Flexible Friday #9 No-Fail Birthday Present Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:18:55 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-757 [...] true story is last Thursday in the midst of a very messy basement (messes stress me) and with some threats, trash talk and mom screaming at the kids to quit fighting with each other and [...] [...] true story is last Thursday in the midst of a very messy basement (messes stress me) and with some threats, trash talk and mom screaming at the kids to quit fighting with each other and [...]

]]> By: Sherra http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Sherra Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:48:10 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-755 Melinda » I can only WISH that someone at my house even remotely cared about clean!! I do know someone if you need help - new business helping people get organized. Email me and I'll give you her name. Melinda » I can only WISH that someone at my house even remotely cared about clean!! I do know someone if you need help – new business helping people get organized. Email me and I’ll give you her name.

]]> By: Melinda http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Melinda Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:46:24 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-746 You know the comments are as much fun to read as your posts. I was going to just post a capital NO but guess I can say a little more. Yes, we are all living in the same house (same problems anyway). I keep trying to tell my DH that but he doesn't believe me. He actually is more the clean freak than me. I hate housework and know that at least one of my daughters inherited it from me. In fact, every time we talk about cleaning up, someone usually brings up the fact that MY room is a wreck. I know, I know, I NEED HELP! Anyone know someone they can recommend? I really don't like living like this but I can't seem to figure out where all this stuff that comes in my room is supposed to go. Closet is full, drawers are full, under the bed is full.... Help! I should add I do have one daughter that keeps her room clean/straight MOST of the time. Like it's not right now but I can tell her this afternoon and she can get it done pretty quick. Of course I have opened drawers in her room and found trash, so that's not good. We use bribery and suspension both. Can't say that either one works all the time. You know the comments are as much fun to read as your posts. I was going to just post a capital NO but guess I can say a little more.

Yes, we are all living in the same house (same problems anyway). I keep trying to tell my DH that but he doesn’t believe me. He actually is more the clean freak than me. I hate housework and know that at least one of my daughters inherited it from me. In fact, every time we talk about cleaning up, someone usually brings up the fact that MY room is a wreck. I know, I know, I NEED HELP! Anyone know someone they can recommend?
I really don’t like living like this but I can’t seem to figure out where all this stuff that comes in my room is supposed to go. Closet is full, drawers are full, under the bed is full….

Help!

I should add I do have one daughter that keeps her room clean/straight MOST of the time. Like it’s not right now but I can tell her this afternoon and she can get it done pretty quick. Of course I have opened drawers in her room and found trash, so that’s not good.

We use bribery and suspension both. Can’t say that either one works all the time.

]]> By: Sherra http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Sherra Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:09:58 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-732 Paula » I don't think I fall into the "younger" mom category but you do give us all HOPE!!! Thanks for the sage words that we should all cling to when it seems that they blatantly ignore anything and everything we're trying to teach them!!! Paula » I don’t think I fall into the “younger” mom category but you do give us all HOPE!!! Thanks for the sage words that we should all cling to when it seems that they blatantly ignore anything and everything we’re trying to teach them!!!

]]> By: Paula http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Paula Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:39:36 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-731 Clean Kids' Rooms: Okay, you "younger" moms....I left it to my boys to clean their own bathroom and bedrooms. I showed them how to do it and periodically reminded them of shortcuts that left a "gleaming" impression when you walked into the bathroom...probably not totally hygenic, but acceptable...I also told them that I was going to come into their rooms (with warnings ahead of time) to disinfect the place once in a while. They'd clean up and I'd vacuum, dust and disinfect. Their rooms were a mess often! We shut the doors. I wondered if they would ever be neat!!! Now when I come to visit them and their wife and fiance, they (mostly my boys not the girls) have cleaned up to honor me. And you know what? They really like it that way...cleaned up! They do it when they have the time and the inclination...my visits are not often as we live 5 hours away....they do know how to clean and seem to do a better job than the girls!!! So let it go as for as long as you can handle it. It is not worth the stress and animosity it causes. Set the example and be reasonable in your requests to have them be accountable! They will choose to be proud of their personal space as soon as it is really theirs! Clean Kids’ Rooms:
Okay, you “younger” moms….I left it to my boys to clean their own bathroom and bedrooms. I showed them how to do it and periodically reminded them of shortcuts that left a “gleaming” impression when you walked into the bathroom…probably not totally hygenic, but acceptable…I also told them that I was going to come into their rooms (with warnings ahead of time) to disinfect the place once in a while. They’d clean up and I’d vacuum, dust and disinfect. Their rooms were a mess often! We shut the doors. I wondered if they would ever be neat!!!
Now when I come to visit them and their wife and fiance, they (mostly my boys not the girls) have cleaned up to honor me. And you know what? They really like it that way…cleaned up! They do it when they have the time and the inclination…my visits are not often as we live 5 hours away….they do know how to clean and seem to do a better job than the girls!!!
So let it go as for as long as you can handle it. It is not worth the stress and animosity it causes. Set the example and be reasonable in your requests to have them be accountable! They will choose to be proud of their personal space as soon as it is really theirs!

]]> By: Sherra http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Sherra Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:04:51 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-728 Tammy » Oh yeah…mine love when I come in to offer suggestions and tips to help them be more efficient. Also very effective! LOL Peggy » Hiding things instead of cleaning up is a separate post altogether. It's scary how when we all compare notes, we're all living in the same house. BIG SIGH!! Gayle » 2nd place for the cell phone suggestion!! For most teens today that would be very effective. Unfortunately, Roger Leroy could care less about her cell phone so she wouldn't even be phased. Joan » If it was a contest - I think you win! I'm totally stealing your idea and maybe I'll make them decorate the sign for their door! Julia » Driving privileges is a good one to take away. I'm really with Joan though - I love the ALL rights and privileges suspended! Somehow the entitlement seems to start earlier and earlier but I refuse to give in!! Tammy » Oh yeah…mine love when I come in to offer suggestions and tips to help them be more efficient. Also very effective! LOL

Peggy » Hiding things instead of cleaning up is a separate post altogether. It’s scary how when we all compare notes, we’re all living in the same house. BIG SIGH!!

Gayle » 2nd place for the cell phone suggestion!! For most teens today that would be very effective. Unfortunately, Roger Leroy could care less about her cell phone so she wouldn’t even be phased.

Joan » If it was a contest – I think you win! I’m totally stealing your idea and maybe I’ll make them decorate the sign for their door!

Julia » Driving privileges is a good one to take away. I’m really with Joan though – I love the ALL rights and privileges suspended! Somehow the entitlement seems to start earlier and earlier but I refuse to give in!!

]]> By: Julia http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Julia Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:56:39 +0000 http://sherralifelesson.com/is-your-kids-room-clean/#comment-727 It's really funny that this was the topic today, because I just got home from work and peeked in my daughter's room....HELLO HIROSHIMA!!!...can you say "why are we still dealing with this same PROBLEM??? My husband and I talked about it, because when I went to work today I told her, " I am sick of going in after you go to work or your Dad's and having to clean your room, I have a small house and you can see it, and NO I DO NOT WANT TO JUST CLOSE THE DOOR MOM !!!!" So we have decided....no clean room, NO DRIVING THE CAR, she just got her license so I am hoping, no praying, this will have an impact. GOD HELP US ALL !!!! (you made me smile, because it was perfect timing !!!) It’s really funny that this was the topic today, because I just got home from work and peeked in my daughter’s room….HELLO HIROSHIMA!!!…can you say “why are we still dealing with this same PROBLEM??? My husband and I talked about it, because when I went to work today I told her, ” I am sick of going in after you go to work or your Dad’s and having to clean your room, I have a small house and you can see it, and NO I DO NOT WANT TO JUST CLOSE THE DOOR MOM !!!!” So we have decided….no clean room, NO DRIVING THE CAR, she just got her license so I am hoping, no praying, this will have an impact. GOD HELP US ALL !!!! (you made me smile, because it was perfect timing !!!)

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