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[hennipenni]

My 2 teenage DD's share a room (14 and 18) and I'm sick to death of nagging them to tidy it up. The messy clothes I can deal with, what I can't are the cups, plates and fruit skins etc that are resembling a science experiment depicting the stages of decay!! Plus the frankly dangerous scissors left in the middle of the floor and straighteners left plugged in but switched off. So having nagged and nagged I've resorted to this threat. Am I being unreasonable?

Lol dam autocorect. Wifi!

Seriously though I cannot believe there are posters on here who are tidying up their teenagers bedrooms, by all means make it a team effort but fgs I pity future partners of those teens, esp boys who have parents that are mollycoddling and running round after them.doing stuff that they are capable if doing themselves.

I am not a slave driver and don't make my kids do hours of chores but basic picking up after themselves, helping round the house and just generally pitching in is expected, I won't have them growing up thinking mum will do it all, and let's face it it is mainly women that do it.

And yes teens can have a tendency to be lazy, grumpy and a bit self centered but they are still capable of helping out and being a decent polite, and helpful person,you do them a disservice by assuming they can't! I don't expect perfection. It is their bedroom so mess is Ok to a point, but filth, manky food and plates etc... Not Ok and they know dirty laundry goes in the washbasket, when I give them clean laundry they put it away and they know to strip and change bedsheets and run the hoover round. Yes they may need reminders but they do do it.

You're not a weirdo. My ds' are 9 and 7 and they have to help tidy up after themselves and help me with chores every day too -nothing too onerous but things like cleaning shoes, putting a load of washing on, emptying the dishwasher, hoovering a room. And they have to keep their rooms tidy(ish) and help clean them every few weeks.

They might be barbarians but they're not going to be filthy or entitled ones.