Her things are gone

[Anonymous 2]

i pick my battles and thats a battle that i dont fight that hard.

[RestingBitchFace13]

I did that 3 years ago and my kids make messes with clothes and blankets

[leadfoot40]

i pick my battles and thats a battle that i dont fight that hard.

[Anonymous 3]

I would have done that after the second time she refused to keep her room clean.

[Traci_Momof2]

I don't know. I think people are just naturally tidy or naturally messy. Like a personality thing. I choose not to fight it in my kids. As long as there's not food or anything else in there that could grow stuff, I'm good.

I always had a messy room as a kid. All the way through my teen years and yes even into adulthood. I like having a clean house, but I just don't always have the willpower for a clean house. But I know if I'm going to keep it nice it's going to come from within. When I was a kid, no amount of threatening or punishment would've done any bit of good.

Good luck on your hill.

[Olioxenfree]

Its an important skill and lesson for her to learn. Keep on her and hopefully she'll learn.

[luvthagirl]

Sorry, but I seriously don't even understand or personally know a parent that was not able to get their kids to do simple age appropriate chores

[Anonymous 4]

i pick my battles and thats a battle that i dont fight that hard.

Yep. That’s why they can’t have food or a drink other than water upstairs lol

[Anonymous 5]

Sorry, but I seriously don't even understand or personally know a parent that was not able to get their kids to do simple age appropriate chores

You can’t be serious. You’ve never known anyone that had trouble getting a 3 year old to pick up her blocks? Bullshit.

[mrsjules79]

My mom's rule and mine as well was that there can't be dirty clothes on the floor, no food/wrappers should be in the room and there has to be a clear walkway to the bedroom door and to her window in case of an emergency. Aside from that, not a hill I wanted to die on. If something got broken because it got stepped on, not my problem. When DD was little her room was typically always a disaster. She'd let it get so bad and then get overwhelmed and would be willing to clean and go through toys to get rid of with my help. A switch flipped around 12 or so and she became a complete neat freak. So much that if I haven't done all the floors that very day she'd say the house was dirty. Her apartment is always spotless but 600 sq ft is a lot easier to keep clean than a 2000 sq ft house.