- to think that ds's aged 11, 13 and 15 could remember to turn lights off!

[sunnygirl1412]

This morning, after the boys had gone to school, I went round the house and turned off 7 lights! One of these was in the room I had been using, and I turned it off when it was no longer needed.

I know that it's dark when the boys are getting up - especially No1, who has an early morning paper round - but am I being unreasonable to think that they MIGHT be able to notice when the light isn't needed any longer, and turn it off???

I spend so much of my time nagging them about turning things off - lights, tv, playstations (games left on 'pause' whilst someone goes to do something different for a while) - that I'm thinking of making a recording of myself doing it, and downloading it onto their phones/mp3 players, to save my voice!!

Sunnygirl give them a final warning and if it continues tomorrow for instance unplug all the light bulbs and take all things they leave on

They will soon remember to turn things off.

I like it, pingping!! Final warnings will be issued!

tbh sunnygirl, when i was 11-15 i was utterly useless like this too - reminders went in one ear and out the other. especially bad was my inability to remember to phone my dad and tell him when i'd arrived somewhere safely i'm not excusing it, just saying that they probably are just crap rather than trying to annoy

YANBU - However....

I didn't learn to turn lights off until I had my own house and paid my own electricity bills!!!

It's not that I was lazy, it just wasn't something that used to naturally ocur to me in my rush of flying round the house doing various things. I'd be nagged about it constantly as a teenager (older than your DC's! ) and try as I might "must remember to switch the lights off" - it was always something I seemed to have to 'force' myself to think of, rather than a natural response.

Now, in my mid thirties and with electricty costs rising I can often be heard making refernce to "blardy blackpool illuminations"

Think it's just 'one of those things' - when they pay the bills...then they'll see the light!

I said that to ds3 last night..... "You'll see when you have to pay your own bills" but like you say I remember my dad constantly nagging telling me to turn the lights off, turn the tv off and not to bounce on the furniture that I actually chuckle to myself when I nag tell my children exactly the same thing. My dad, however says it payback... lol

Serious the warning will worked did on me anyways nothing worse than finding your light bulb has gone Arrrrrrrrah One time it was done to me was enough.

Let us know how it goes :-D