I went for long periods of time trying to get my son to take care of his things. I remember one time we went round and round for weeks about the state of his room. He had trash and clothes and his belongings all over the place. When told to clean it up, all he did was move it around and stuff things in drawers, including dirty clothes. I finally got really tired of it. I went into his room took everything that was all over the place and dumped it in a big pile in the middle of his room and told him to now clean it up. It took him all day but he did clean. Years later I picked him up from the house where he lived with 2 other guys and the house was not a total mess but it was not too well kept. When entering his private room what I found almost shocked me. It was the most clean, well kept room I had seen for a young man. He just hugged me and said, "See Mom, you taught me one thing" I beamed with pride.
but he did clean. Years later I picked him up from the house where he lived with 2 other guys and the house was not a total mess but it was not too well kept. When entering his private room what I found almost shocked me. It was the most clean, well kept room I had seen for a young man. He just hugged me and said, "See Mom, you taught me one thing" I beamed with pride.
