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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of parents seem pretty quick to assume that you can exit the situation once you've made the request. OP says "tween" which could mean 10/11 to 13 as far as I'm concerned. That is a pretty young kid still. Even if they are old enough to take responsibility for their things, they probably still need a fair amount of coaching and supervision before it's going to be a thing you can just ask them to do and trust that it'll be done, completely and properly, without further intervention.

In the OP, it seems like the solution is to follow her and make sure she's doing what she's asked to do. I have a 14yo daughter who spends a lot of time in the bathroom getting ready. Before we leave the house, I check to make sure that her hair appliances are unplugged, there are no clothes or towels on the floor, and that it's not a horrific mess in general in case anyone comes over after school. If there are clothes on the floor, I call her back and tell her, "Put these things away" and then stand there while she does it. No yelling is necessary, just supervision.

If she was 16, I'd feel pretty annoyed about having to do that much oversight, but I'd still do it, because it's clearly necessary. The current strategy isn't working.[/quote]

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