to think you can clean up your own mess

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So, I know another mum as posted something similar before , but really?
Why can't teenagers pick up after themselves? I am a very liberal parent and I don't enforce a lot of rules, other than going to school/college and being respectful.
I feel that it is best to let children learn to keep their own space clean and tidy - after all, I am not their slave.
But surely, there has to come a point when enough is enough, right? This is too much. I refuse to clean it. But how do I get them to clean it? And want to keep it clean? Any ideas?

Mine have never been allowed food in rooms. I close the door and leave them to their mess. Maybe once a month I insist they muck it all out., polish, hoover etc.

Stays tidy for about a day

You need a dog. 😂 at least when I find crockery it's been licked clean so no manky food.

Dd through Instagram has turned in to a surprise fan of Mrs Hinch and her room is currently spotless it's actually the most organised room of the house!

My daughters bedroom is a mess , but that’s her business I have enough to do. She tidies up when it’s spotless it looks lovely then slowly as the week goes by she just lets it get a big mess again.

You enforce no rules and seem surprised they are slovenly.

No chance I’d tolerate my 15 year olds bedroom looking like that!

My children are still small but my plan is to find whatever social media platform they inhabit and post the evidence! Of course this will mean I have to finally sell my soul and join one of those terrible self obsessed preening sites... you can tell I'm a fan.

Thank you for making my children not look so bad!

I shut the door but couldn’t if I knew it was this bad.
She doesn’t go anywhere until it’s cleared.

I think with parenting you reap what you sow. I have made mine tidy up from a very early age. At 4 they were taking out their crockery and cutlery to put in the dishwasher. They tidied up their toys/mess from toddlers. They folded and put their clothes away from Year R.
I personally think you have to start early. It may be difficult to get a teenager who is used to liberal parenting to suddenly start following rules.

Very similar to both my kids rooms (not even teenagers yet 😱) and yes food and drink is banned. They ignore me and take stuff up anyway. Tonight I made ds bring his dishes down. 3 bowls, one mouldy with milky residue, another the milk was soldered on it was so dry and one had a large amount of curdled milk. It's disgusting 😟