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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you only go in once a month if there was rotting food? If you are at work and she is taking food in her room when you aren't there why aren't you picking up her room every night?

I would buy disposable plates, cups, and utensils for her to use and every night go in with a trash bag and throw away any food, drinks, trash. Dirty clothes go into a hamper in the laundry room.

Buy two of these storage systems from IKEA
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/trofast-storage-combination-with-boxes-white-white-s69228473/
Label each one with a sharpie. One drawer is underwear, one bras, one socks, one T-shirts, one pants, one shorts/jeans or whatever she wears most.

Next system is for shoes on the bottom tubs, any school papers and books go in the top three.

If she has more junk then buy another storage system that gets labeled.

The key is not to have anything on the floor besides bed, nightstand, storage system, and trashcan.

Remove any other furniture including any chest or drawers that is probably a mess of stuff.

You need to do the sweep literally every night for weeks and weeks throwing away trash putting everything into the assigned tubs until she understands how a clean and organized person lives. Don't get into an argument and try and make her do it every night. She isn't going to but after you doing it for weeks it really will start to sink in. [/quote]

If she can't go to her dad's or a relatives, this is the best advice, OP. And I'd not buy packaged food that she can take in the room. Make a food only in kitchen or at dining table rule and don't have things that are tempting to sneak elsewhere. Anything that does not fit in the tubs, put in storage in basement or attic in tubs. Get an exterminator if you need to. [/quote]

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