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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 145228" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>You know this is a situation that most of us have issues with. I can tell you that I've been through this with my easy child and I will also tell you that it has gotten better. She's a junior this year and it has clicked this year. She has matured a lot over this school year.</p><p> </p><p>The driving has added some independence and maturity as well. One of the things I did was make her responsible for her own clothes when she was a freshman. She was resonsible for her own laundry. If she was going to cover the floor with her clothes, then she would deal with wrinkly stuff herself and then not having clean stuff to wear. I also got tired of washing clothes she hadn't worn. She would just put stuff on the floor or the sofa in her room then when it came to cleaning up, all the clean stuff got stuffed in the laudnry basket!</p><p> </p><p>The other thing I did was make both kids responsible for cleaning their own rooms on Saturday mornings before social stuff took over. You know how social these high school girls are! The rule in my house was that the room had to be picked up, clothes put away neatly, bed made, surfaces cleaned and junk not laying on the dresser, night table, etc., before she could move on to having fun with her friends.</p><p> </p><p>It has become a habit and now easy child would rather not spend hours cleaning on Saturday and keeps it fairly reasonable as the week goes by. I've gone back to doing her laundry most of the time because she keeps things picked up and her laundry basket is not filled with stuff she didn't wear!</p><p> </p><p>So basically I gave a little and she gave a little. Concentrate on school and such during the week, let the room slide a little during the week. Then, habitually clean on Saturday or no fun.</p><p> </p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 145228, member: 805"] You know this is a situation that most of us have issues with. I can tell you that I've been through this with my easy child and I will also tell you that it has gotten better. She's a junior this year and it has clicked this year. She has matured a lot over this school year. The driving has added some independence and maturity as well. One of the things I did was make her responsible for her own clothes when she was a freshman. She was resonsible for her own laundry. If she was going to cover the floor with her clothes, then she would deal with wrinkly stuff herself and then not having clean stuff to wear. I also got tired of washing clothes she hadn't worn. She would just put stuff on the floor or the sofa in her room then when it came to cleaning up, all the clean stuff got stuffed in the laudnry basket! The other thing I did was make both kids responsible for cleaning their own rooms on Saturday mornings before social stuff took over. You know how social these high school girls are! The rule in my house was that the room had to be picked up, clothes put away neatly, bed made, surfaces cleaned and junk not laying on the dresser, night table, etc., before she could move on to having fun with her friends. It has become a habit and now easy child would rather not spend hours cleaning on Saturday and keeps it fairly reasonable as the week goes by. I've gone back to doing her laundry most of the time because she keeps things picked up and her laundry basket is not filled with stuff she didn't wear! So basically I gave a little and she gave a little. Concentrate on school and such during the week, let the room slide a little during the week. Then, habitually clean on Saturday or no fun. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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