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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom doesn't make kid tidy room regularly.  Offers little to no direction on how room is to be kept.

Imposes out-of-character deadline.

[b]Does not supervise for an hour.[/b]

And we're blaming the *kid* for being a "hoarder"?

This forum...   :roll: [/quote]

Your concerns would be valid if the child was 5. The child was 11. Mom's expectations were age appropriate. [/quote]

I haven't supervised my girls cleaning their rooms since they were probably around 6 years old. Can an 11 year old in your world really not handle an hour of "unsupervised" time productively when given a specific task? That seems like really low expectations and a lack of responsibility to me.[/quote]

My 6 year old can clean her room from hurricane status to near spotless in about 30 minutes, because the room is laid out well, everything has a home, and she's been taught since around 2 that putting her stuff away is her job.  So yes, "clean your own room" is certainly age-appropriate.

That said, the reason my kid can do this at 6 is she's been asked, consistently, to do this, taught how, etc.  It's not a foreign task to her.  It's an everyday thing.  You want to watch tv/play iPad/have treats/go to the ball?  Clean your room first.

Not the case in OP's story.  Also?  "Here, I'll help you.  Oh, you're not doing it right, well cancel all the things, then.  I'm out."  is a pretty ridiculous, overdramatic, entirely ineffective parenting strategy.

But the kid is the problem.  Clearly.  And we're asked to back up the OP's crap parenting.[/quote]

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