Do tidy teenagers exist?

[lottie2005]

Is there such a thing a thing as a tidy teenager?
Since my 14 year old daughter was born she has never possessed a single tidy gene!.Her untidiness has got ridiculous now,her bedroom is such a mess i am sure it is a risk to health.I am tired of arguing with her about it.If i clean it,it takes me hours and it is trashed again as soon as she comes in from school.She refuses to help around the house too.
I try to just shut the door on the ugly mess but it drives be mad as i am a every thing has to be clean and tidy person.
She is so slap dash too,yesterday morning she left straightners switched on, sat on top of bath towels!!.She could have burnt the house down.Thankfully i was alerted by a scorching smell.I gave her a piece of my mind when she came home from school but she just shrugged!
My two and a half year old is really good she clears her toys up at meal times and bedtime.
I just cannot believe that all teenagers are like this.
Re photo....
I am sure its not too far away from my daughter having this much junk!!!
Kind regards,
Michaela.

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[shezz]

Never heard of them


Not in my house anyways

[Rednosty]

I was always tidy around the house and my own room! Its NOW That i'm not (Its all this Ebid stuff waiting to be sold thats laying around now! Come on you lot BUY my stuff!!!)

[kengillam]

Now can I spare the time to buy a watch

Untidy teenagers are a fact of life, however as a parent you need to establish who is in charge, and whilst a room may not be maintained to your standards, there should be a certain minimum. perhaps a "You can't be bothered to tidy your rooom I can't be bothered to feed you" I'm sure you can be imaginative. It's probably better to try and sit down and have a calm sensible discussion about ground rules rather than being particulalrly confrontational, and see if that works first.

[Rednosty]

I think Ken's right To sit down and discuss with her the Benefits of a tidy room Like So you spend 10 minutes trying to find something where as you spend 10 mins tidying the room (When they have spare time and then you can find the item almost right away.

[PATRIOT73]

no............how do i no ths.........i use to be 1

[lottie2005]

I dont allow clutter in any other room except her room and she knows this.When her room is clean and tidy she loves it and enjoys spending time in there.When her rooms a mess she hangs out downstairs.She just doesnt seem to want to,or have the energy to keep it nice.
I have said to her that she has such lovely things that her father and myself have bought her that they need to be kept nicely and that if her rooms tidy she will feel better in herself,she wont be breathing in so much dust and that its respectful to us,her parents.
With regards to the rest of the house if she could just cover and put away foods she opens it would be a help!!
Luckily in every other respect as a daughter,she is pretty well faultless at the moment,sickly i know.So its the only thing we row about.
Kind regards,
Michaela

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[herbalbrew]

Ahhh you are taking me back to my teenage years. Parents hated the floor being my wardrobe. Did they not realise...I was busy with work & socialising..and school?? Priority Parents!!

But know what you mean. Youngest son has been a dirt magnet since birth.

Only solution I have found: Chuck everything into black bin liners. Store in garage until teenage panic sets in. Then let them search through all the bags. Works a treat.

Whats still in the bags aftr 6mnths....sell on auctions or chuck out.

[Armstrongs]

Ahhh you are taking me back to my teenage years. Parents hated the floor being my wardrobe. Did they not realise...I was busy with work & socialising..and school?? Priority Parents!!

But know what you mean. Youngest son has been a dirt magnet since birth.

Only solution I have found: Chuck everything into black bin liners. Store in garage until teenage panic sets in. Then let them search through all the bags. Works a treat.

Whats still in the bags aftr 6mnths....sell on auctions or chuck out.

pmsl
I did that!
Only I didn't put them in the garage......I took them straight to the tip

Av done it with the grandkids too!

But guess what.....I dont have to tell them twice to tidy up now......cos they know the outcome lol

Yup, Wicked witch o the West
xx

[leadhillsonline]

pmsl
I did that!
Only I didn't put them in the garage......I took them straight to the tip

Av done it with the grandkids too!

But guess what.....I dont have to tell them twice to tidy up now......cos they know the outcome lol

Yup, Wicked witch o the West
xx

I tried that with my lot but it made no difference. The 2 youngest (who still live at home) are no longer teenagers but are still as untidy. I just shut their doors and ignore it most of the time. I do go hunting for mugs, plates, etc when we get short.