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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He has a responsibility to his community, which is the people in your household, to meet their common expectations. I think you need to have a family meeting with all the members of your community, meaning your household, to discuss the most basic expectations you have for each other.

A lot of times when I suggest a family meeting to parents of kids I work with, the parents are scared that the expectation list or ground rules will be minimal. I think you (and your college son) will be surprised about what the other kids in your family have to say about their minimum expectations for their brother.

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You sound like you either don't have college students or [b]have never had a problem[/b].  He could be SO much worse.  The same could be said for messy college girls that are doing all of the things in life that have a long-lasting impact.. Such as go to school, have a summer job, and an internship.  Further, wherever he went, he probably was not drunk or doing drugs because he sat and talked with his mom for 2 hours.  Unless a lot is left out he seems like a good kid who is messy.  Is that worth laying the law down?  not to me but I guess have a cleanroom is of much higher importance to the parents.  I focus on things that can not be easily fixed.[/quote]

Perhaps you should consider that we have never had a problem because we have regular family meetings to discuss the minutiae as well as major events.  We have 5 kids who are in college or recently graduated btw.   :wink: [/quote]

Translation: I micromanage the sh*t out of my kids.

Family meetings FFS.[/quote]

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