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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't say you're a bad parent. I would say you and I don't share the same values.  Often kids get overwhelmed and don't know HOW to clean up such a big mess, so they just leave it.  It doesn't mean they don't wish it were a clean space.[/quote]

I have a similar approach.  I don't care a lot about how my kid keeps her room, but I do care that she learns HOW to keep a room clean.  So, my personal minimum is no food and the floors clean enough to vacuum, and also that if dirty clothes aren't in the hamper, and clean clothes aren't put away, I'm not doing her laundry.  But we do sometimes clean her room, so that she can learn what that entails and how to do it.  How do you make your bed (I'm not a hospital-corners-type person, but pulling up the sheets and blankets so that they are smooth and the bed can be used for sitting or reading or whatever)?  What does "clean" mean?  In my world, it means that clothes are put away, books are on the shelf, trash is thrown away, the floors are clear and swept/vacuumed, surfaces are dusted, etc.  And a kid doesn't intuitively know how to get there, so it's useful to walk them through the steps and see the different discrete tasks that go into cleaning a room.  [/quote]

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