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How tidy is your DD16?

12 replies

Flyhigher · 24/03/2024 01:59

Mine is about 65% tidy.
Fairly tidy ish. But stuff on the floor. General muck. I hate it.
How tidy is yours?

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CadyEastman · 26/03/2024 18:46

Not very at all but she does work hard and attends college so I do try and keep in top of her room for her.

DarkChocHolic · 26/03/2024 20:13

DD16 is unbelievably messy...
She has ADHD and I offer to help her with it, but she always refuses.
She wants to do it all but clearly cannot.
I despair for her future house share mates if she were to ever leave home.

Ketzele · 26/03/2024 20:16

Not at all!

SummerSazz · 26/03/2024 20:23

DD1: 95%
DD2: 5%

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SummerSazz · 26/03/2024 20:25

DarkChocHolic · 26/03/2024 20:13

DD16 is unbelievably messy...
She has ADHD and I offer to help her with it, but she always refuses.
She wants to do it all but clearly cannot.
I despair for her future house share mates if she were to ever leave home.

When DD2 does clear up she finds it easiest to put everything in a huge cardboard box and then sort it out. She is being assessed for ADHD too.

Lighteningstrikes · 26/03/2024 23:39

Bad is an understatement 😭😩

Makeupbagz · 26/03/2024 23:54

My 16 year old DD was incredibly untidy- her floor was so messy that I couldn’t see the carpet. But now that she’s 24 and lives in her own flat she’s immaculate.

NewName24 · 27/03/2024 00:41

At 16, mine were both dire.
The older one came out of it by 17 ish, but the younger one really struggles.

ouch44 · 27/03/2024 00:45

Mine's pretty tidy. She enjoys tinkering in her room and organising her stuff.
She's revising for GCSEs now and it's going downhill. The box of washing I put in is being used as a wardrobe so I think in the future I'll put it away for her to help out.

CadyEastman · 27/03/2024 06:58

@DarkChocHolic DD is being assessed too. I have to tidy her room when she's out. She has a desperate need to do things by herself too but just can't manage to.

Sometimes she's grateful, if she's feeling overwhelmed, well maybe not so grateful IYKWIM.

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 27/03/2024 07:08

Dd 18yo I'd say 90% tidy (much the same as me tbh!)

sunnylanding · 27/03/2024 07:09

I don't have a 16 yr old anymore but thinking back to what her room was like at that age gives me the heeby jeebies. You couldn't see the carpet, it was a constant source of conflict.

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