[proud2b1]

Somebody please tell me that your teenagers room is as bad as mine!!!I would feel better.I am off today.I cant stand it I have to do it.I am very scared of what might bite me......He says he cleans it,but is so little I cant tell.He will throw a fit that I have even been in there.Well,this is my house and I am doing it!Wish me luck guys,Iwill be in there propbably all day!!
Please give as many examples of your teens rooms,this will be good for you!I may share mine than too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[onyx77]

You're not alone! My pre-teen's room is horrible! The other day I went to put some laundry of his away and I found an empty cereal box in his drawer! I have given up cleaning his room. If that's they way he wants to live fine. But, he isn't allowed to have friends over, or go to friends' houses if his room isn't at least half-way clean! That seems to work a little bit!
Good Luck in cleaning that room!

[santhony44]

I once used a rake to clean out from under my son's bed. He's no longer a teenager, lives at home part of the time, and is still just as messy. I keep reminding him what the trash can and laundry basket are for!! The one who is still a teenager is a little better.

To tell the truth, though, we all tend to be a bit messy; I am constantly fighting my own pack rat tendencies! I'm not talking about filth, just clutter. My older son is the most extreme, though.

[SteveRN21]

[quote=santhony44;2725442]I once used a rake to clean out from under my son's bed. QUOTE]


Ha ha!!! I almost choked on my drink when I read this! I can so see a mom doing this!

[VivaLasViejas]

My philosophy on cleaning teen-agers' rooms is this: If I can shut the door and not have to look at the mess, AND the flies aren't so thick in the hallway that the health department needs to be notified, I'm OK with it. I'm not the one who has to live in there. I don't see any reason why an able-bodied child over the age of five needs his mother to clean his room for him..........I refuse to do what they are capable of doing for themselves.

But, that's just me.

[Furwillfly]

My daughter has a laundry basket near bed, and clothes all over floor and bed. She has a waste basket near door, one would hope that she would even attempt a 'throw', but no. There were at one time 10 pop cans on her nightstand(mind you will an electrical power strip right nearby!); of course none were empty. I frequently find wet towels from bathing(at least she does that ) on her bed......hello?
I don't get it either. I TRY to have her pick up her room before leaving the house or spending nocs anywhere else. It works most of the time. I clean it once a month. She gets mad cause she can't find anything.......?? I just tell her if she cleaned her own room, I wouldn't have to and then she could find her stuff. She slammed the door to her bedroom and I promptly took her door off the hinges and put it in my room. She never slams door again. Kept it for a couple days.
Always nice to know we're together in this isn't it Star

[TheCommuter]

My master bedroom is probably worse than any bedroom belonging to a teen. I have a bunch of clothes on the floor, empty soda cans, papers, clutter, old price tags, food wrappings, and other things I cannot see.

I work 7 days per week, and I spend too much time browsing thes forums, so the junk simply piles up unchecked and uncontrolled. I'm so afraid of my own disorganization that I feel like a scatterbrain.

[Spidey's mom]

I don't clean my daughter's room - she is 18 and does a decent job most of the time.

My 6 year old however . . . . .I take a trash can in there once a month. I did that with his siblings where they were little too.

Seems like my kids are messier as young kids.

But I do understand how you simply must get in there every once in awhile and clean.

Big huge trash can . . .. toss it before they get home.

And I like the rake idea.


steph

[proud2b1]

Originally Posted by TheCommuter

My master bedroom is probably worse than any bedroom belonging to a teen. I have a bunch of clothes on the floor, empty soda cans, papers, clutter, old price tags, food wrappings, and other things I cannot see.

I work 7 days per week, and I spend too much time browsing thes forums, so the junk simply piles up unchecked and uncontrolled. I'm so afraid of my own disorganization that I feel like a scatterbrain.

ME TOO,I FEEL THE SAME WAY!
You know,I didnt even get started in there because of this site.I thought,hum,which would I rather do on my day off,clean after a 15 yo slob or enjoy myself?Well,I did the later.I m getting pretty good at this.I hope it doesnt become a problem!!!

[nightmare]

I had three boys sharing one room! One set of bunk beds and a single bed.Getting in there was like an obstacle course!Plates,forks and knives would mysteriously disappear from the kitchen to turn up under one of the beds.Soft drinks cans,half full, would be everywhere.Underwear[[[ewww]]] all over the floor.They had a laundry skip but never quite managed to get the clothes in it.Odd socks!!!I solved that one by only buying the same type of sock so I could always make up a pair! Under beds[[[[shudder]]]]I never thought about a rake,what a good ideaI remember turning the mattress on the single bed one day and finding....magazines of healthy looking young ladies....!Of course no one actually owned up to them,they each pointed the finger at the other!Half eaten pizzas from several weeks ago ....The list is endless...but you know what?Now that they have all moved out I miss that messy bedroom,so full of life