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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 152361" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>You just about need a gas mask to step one foot inside my difficult child's room. He bathes.....somewhat.....but doesn't wash his clothes regularly. (I quit doing his laundry when he was about 13 or 14 because he would change clothes 3,4, sometimes 5 times a day for the stupidest reasons) He stinks, his clothes stink and husband even noticed a brush they share stinks. I had to make a rule that his clothes are not to be left in the bathroom. We only have one hamper in there and he's not allowed to put his clothes in it with mine and husband's. They actually contaminate our clothes, it's that nasty. (One of his things is to "borrow" clothes that belong to husband and I. The funk is so bad that I've had to wash our things twice to get it out.) If he leaves his clothes in the bathroom on the floor, I either make him get them or simply fling them into his room. If I know he's going to be in the car with me on a hot or even semi-warm day, I make him bathe. If sitting in the same room with him makes you turn green, I tell him he stinks. Otherwise, I leave it alone. As long as it's not stinking up my house I figure eventually (I HOPE) enough of his peers will tell him he stinks and he'll do something about it. At least when he first came to live with us at 9, he still took baths and I could make sure he was clean. He would do the swim trunk thing so I could wash his hair and then play for awhile. Like someone else mentioned, that way I at least knew he was soaking some of the crud off. </p><p></p><p>So...if you think it's depression and you feel you can do something about it, go for it. Otherwise, I don't think there's any telling them sometimes. I would just make sure it doesn't affect how your house or car smells.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 152361, member: 2459"] You just about need a gas mask to step one foot inside my difficult child's room. He bathes.....somewhat.....but doesn't wash his clothes regularly. (I quit doing his laundry when he was about 13 or 14 because he would change clothes 3,4, sometimes 5 times a day for the stupidest reasons) He stinks, his clothes stink and husband even noticed a brush they share stinks. I had to make a rule that his clothes are not to be left in the bathroom. We only have one hamper in there and he's not allowed to put his clothes in it with mine and husband's. They actually contaminate our clothes, it's that nasty. (One of his things is to "borrow" clothes that belong to husband and I. The funk is so bad that I've had to wash our things twice to get it out.) If he leaves his clothes in the bathroom on the floor, I either make him get them or simply fling them into his room. If I know he's going to be in the car with me on a hot or even semi-warm day, I make him bathe. If sitting in the same room with him makes you turn green, I tell him he stinks. Otherwise, I leave it alone. As long as it's not stinking up my house I figure eventually (I HOPE) enough of his peers will tell him he stinks and he'll do something about it. At least when he first came to live with us at 9, he still took baths and I could make sure he was clean. He would do the swim trunk thing so I could wash his hair and then play for awhile. Like someone else mentioned, that way I at least knew he was soaking some of the crud off. So...if you think it's depression and you feel you can do something about it, go for it. Otherwise, I don't think there's any telling them sometimes. I would just make sure it doesn't affect how your house or car smells. [/QUOTE]
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