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[quote=Anonymous]Hey, I have tweens and teenagers and my house is messy, too! It's called summer break. They're spending more time at home. This too shall pass in a few weeks. Just take care of the basics for the next few weeks. You are wasting your time deep cleaning (3 hours, really??) your home.

Instead, go do something with your children out of the house! This does not have to be expensive. Pack a picnic lunch, a blanket and go to a nice playground and set up under a tree.

Take them to a spray ground (those are usually free).

Look online for free library activities for kids under 10.

Look for movie theaters playing $2 per person matinees for kids 10 and under (old movies, but kids LOVE going to the theater. It's an experience!)

Take them to a rec center to swim (yes, you will have to get in the water with them but they will love you for it).

Make it a routine. Tomorrow, we will go do ____ in the morning/afternoon. It gives them something to look forward to, and you can use it as leverage for better behavior. I would tell my kids they had to make their beds and get the floors of their rooms tidy before we leave, or we're not going. You have more leverage than you think you do.

Do these things now, because in a few years adoloesence will set in and they won't want to do these things anymore. These are precious days that disappear.

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