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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, not backing this up.  Your child sounds very over whelmed and needed direction and help, not her mother to throw a hissy fit.  [/quote]

OP offered to work with with her child from the very beginning but respected her DD's desire to try to do the work by herself first. OP subsequently returned to help DD but the child was being hysterical and difficult instead of buckling down to do the work with her mom's help and direction. OP informed the child that if she was going to be uncooperative OP would cease helping her. This seems reasonable to me. What part of it was OP throwing a "hissy fit"?

For all the posters saying OP is too controlling, or to let the girl keep her stuff and her room the way she sees fit, that advice seems way too permissive for this situation in my opinion.

First, there is a huge difference between a room that is full or cluttered with sentimental stuff and a room that is just a massive mess. The first may or may not be acceptable depending on the family but the second probably should never be. If the DD was overwhelmed and took over 3 hours to clean the room it sounds like it is far beyond cluttered and into the category of a huge mess.

Second, the OP has the right to set standards in her home. At 11 OP probably buys most if not all of what is in DD's room so I don't think it's unreasonable to ask DD to take care of the stuff bought for her by cleaning it up and keeping it neat.

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best response!

Finally, OP's daughter is still relatively young and helping her to develop cleaning and organizing skills now will serve her well in the future.[/quote][/quote]

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