Please don't flame me as I'm feeling pretty shit atm, constructive advice welcome!
Struggling lately, I've got an 8 year old, a toddler and a dh working long hours, I'm finding the domestic drudgery challenging.
8 year olds room was a complete and utter tip. Every few months his dad and I go in and clean it with him from top to bottom, declutter, tidy, show him where to put things. Then I just ask him to keep on top of it day to day, I tell him exactly what to do and break it all down for him.
He leaves all the loss of his felt tip pens all over the floor, hides dirty clothes and socks down the side of the bed and in toy boxes, leaves games jumbled up and trashed, hides wet towels in the wardrobe, you name it it's there.
All he cares about is the games console and is generally getting cheeky. So I've banned it until further notice.
At the weekend once again we went in and sorted it all out, got rid of loads, believe me it should be really easy for him to keep tidy. He promised he'd put things away. I said if I found felts all over the floor with lids off I'd bin them.
This morning what do I find? Felt all over the floor with kids off. So I did, I binned them.
Of course he was upset and I feel awful but I'm so fed up of it, I want him to learn to appreciate things and look after things more.
It's not just felts it's all the games from the console and Nintendo ds that I find dumped everywhere.
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Lighthouseturquoise · 29/09/2016 09:34
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