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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not damaging them bc of the state of the house. You aren’t living in squalor. You are keeping them happy healthy and fed. Is it cluttered? Sure. But it won’t give them a complex unless you specifically bring attention to it.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way. The clutter is probably effecting you. Can you set a timer to go through the clutter for a certain amount of time each day? Even if you start with just 10 minutes of going through the mail stack at night? 10 minute vacuum the next night? It may seem stupid at first but those 10 minutes may lead to more motivation to do other things other times of the day. Also, every week or every two weeks increase the time by 2 minutes, until you have the mess under control [/quote]

I agree with this.  Just run of the mill messy is no big deal to kids.  Make an appt for Salvation Army or Purple Heart to come to a pick up.  Getting rid of the stuff you don’t need makes keeping up with cleaning a lot easier.  Once you cleared away excess stuff make a cleaning schedule and do one room per night after the kids go to sleep.  You can do it and you will feel a million times better.  [/quote]

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