When my our son was around the age of 12 he had a habit of throwing his dirty underwear, shirts, etc. under his bed. One morning before school he complained he had nothing clean to wear, my wife responded that if it did not go in the laundry hamper she does not wash it. Problem solved.
When my daughter went through that phase, I lost my temper, put all her stuff in trash bags and stored them in the garage. She had to “earn” her favourite stuff back and realized she didn’t need as much as she had.
Elly wants Michael to clean his room and he refuses to do it. She is frustrated and starts screaming. She tells John she ignored something and it didn’t go away. But actually, she didn’t ignore it. She looked at it and said, “YEAAGHH!”
Refugees have taken better pride in their appearance and keep a cleaner home in their tenements than Michael is taking in the nice house his parents paid for.
My parents only resorted to corporal punishment in very bad misbehavior. Most of the time they used other creative forms of discipline. One punishment I sometimes got as a kid was that I would have to make my own dinner. So I could could cook something, that was OK, but I had to do it when my mother was not using the stove. In essence that was a punishment that got the point across.
If I didn’t clean my room my mother would threaten to. Since I didn’t want her cleaning my stuff (the model airplanes would not have survived) I did it myself. I still make my bed after getting up as I can’t stand to see it unmade. I keep the kitchen as tidy as I can because the son and DiL aren’t capable of doing it. Apparently I wasn’t as threatening as my mother when it came to my son and having seen the DiL’s parents’ home neither were the grandparents. Yuck.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
The Pattersons are housing a preadolescent hobo!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
What you do is to take all privileges away till he earns them back.
Can't Sleep over 7 years ago
That;s not a bedroom – it’s a landfill!
Barry1941 over 7 years ago
When my our son was around the age of 12 he had a habit of throwing his dirty underwear, shirts, etc. under his bed. One morning before school he complained he had nothing clean to wear, my wife responded that if it did not go in the laundry hamper she does not wash it. Problem solved.
The Pro from Dover over 7 years ago
I wonder why most kids do this? I did then one day I stopped. It happened to coincide with having girls come over to “listen” to records.
nosirrom over 7 years ago
Flashback sequence from Michael’s appearance on “Hoarders”.
sandpiper over 7 years ago
As she learned during her years with the strip, nothing ignored ever goes away: it just waits.
Tyge over 7 years ago
Carrot’s not working? Apply the stick. The hockey stick is handy!
ladykat over 7 years ago
When my daughter went through that phase, I lost my temper, put all her stuff in trash bags and stored them in the garage. She had to “earn” her favourite stuff back and realized she didn’t need as much as she had.
phoenix over 7 years ago
Keep the door closed. That’s what my sister does with her husband’s “office”.
Willywise52 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Try finding a half-eaten bowl of cereal that’s been under the kid’s bed for 3 months.Natural superglue.
howtheduck over 7 years ago
Elly wants Michael to clean his room and he refuses to do it. She is frustrated and starts screaming. She tells John she ignored something and it didn’t go away. But actually, she didn’t ignore it. She looked at it and said, “YEAAGHH!”
USN1977 over 7 years ago
Refugees have taken better pride in their appearance and keep a cleaner home in their tenements than Michael is taking in the nice house his parents paid for.
USN1977 over 7 years ago
My parents only resorted to corporal punishment in very bad misbehavior. Most of the time they used other creative forms of discipline. One punishment I sometimes got as a kid was that I would have to make my own dinner. So I could could cook something, that was OK, but I had to do it when my mother was not using the stove. In essence that was a punishment that got the point across.
wiatr over 7 years ago
If I didn’t clean my room my mother would threaten to. Since I didn’t want her cleaning my stuff (the model airplanes would not have survived) I did it myself. I still make my bed after getting up as I can’t stand to see it unmade. I keep the kitchen as tidy as I can because the son and DiL aren’t capable of doing it. Apparently I wasn’t as threatening as my mother when it came to my son and having seen the DiL’s parents’ home neither were the grandparents. Yuck.