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[quote=Anonymous]My DS w/ADHD seems intrinsically incapable of keeping his room cleaned up and it feels like screaming into the void to keep trying to enforce it. I put a duvet and no flat sheet on his bed and ask him to pull it up when he gets up in the morning, most mornings he does it as part of his routine. I also help him gather up dirty clothes and move them to the laundry room hamper before bed. Other than that I've stopped trying. I do enforce him cleaning up in family spaces despite the absolute torture of the whole process. Our 5 yo DD is like a tornado of mess-making but she reliably and cheerfully cleans up after herself with very little prompting and seems to enjoy making things tidy again.

I have seen (and lived with) many examples of people who were brought up to keep things militantly clean no matter what, and they generally fall into two categories: unbearably controlling about tidiness themselves, or abject slobs. I am really trying to strike a balance, despite my own desire for things to be clean and organized as much as possible.[/quote]

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