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[quote=Anonymous]My boys --11 and 14--are not allowed to leave clothes on floor.  It's a battle but always tell them to go put them in dirty clothes hamper.  The trash they leave around I also remind them.  They have gotten much better over time.

I worried about this as well because I did not grow up with a cleaning person/housekeeper.

Though we all clean up especially good the day before the cleaning lady arrives weekly--because I tell my kids I don't want her spending her time clearing clutter, picking stuff up off the floor, etc.  I always say 'how can so and so vacuum with your cr*p all over the floor?' and they scurry.  My husband also threatens to throw it out.

My boys have chores of sorting laundry and putting their own stuff away.  They take out trash/recycling and empty dishwasher.  My husband is getting them started on doing laundry.  My older one also mows our lawn--plus a few customers in the neighborhood.

Their wives can thank me:).  I grew up in a house where my dad cooked and pitched in.  My brother had the same chores as my sister and I---no 'girl' or 'boy' chores.

They all need to learn this stuff.  The WORST roommates I ever had were the ones that grew up with a full-time staff or mother who did everything for them ----filthy slobs.[/quote]

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