HELP,I have to clean my sons room today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

onyx77 · Mar 20, 2008

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, MSN, RN, NP · Mar 20, 2008

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.

SteveNNP, MSN, NP · Mar 21, 2008

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!
:lol2:

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Mar 21, 2008

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 · Mar 22, 2008

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 :yeah: ) 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 :heartbeat Star

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 24, 2008

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.

allnurses Guide · Mar 24, 2008

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 · Mar 24, 2008

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.

:bugeyes: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, RN · Mar 24, 2008

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:barf01:[[[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! :devil: Under beds[[[[shudder]]]]I never thought about a rake,what a good idea:idea:I 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:crying2:

locolorenzo22, BSN, RN · Mar 31, 2008

Yep....as I always say, "I'm a nursing student...I honestly don't have time...." of course, I spent about 3 hours online anyways...but I really don't want to do it. I plan on doing it once I don't have anything else left to do for school!!! You know, I just don't have the energy.....go figure....

hikernurse · Mar 31, 2008

I've got a bunch of messy boys--you'd think cleaning their room wasn't their top priority, go figure :rolleyes: . One day when I grew too tired of fighting that particular battle, I told them to clean or I would. They didn't. I bought a couple of big packing boxes and loaded them full of stuff--toys, garbage, clean and dirty clothes--taped them up and put them in the storage room. I only wish I had thought of the rake :chuckle.

It worked :). I wouldn't say they're still the best cleaners, but at least they know I mean business when I tell them if they don't clean, I will .