My 11 year daughter keeps forgetting to wash the windows in her bedroom. Im thinking of boarding these windows shut. How do I convince her the importance of clean windows. I'm livid
2006-10-27 20:32:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Just tell your daughter that you have to clean her windows because it is important to the room. If the windows arn't clean, she will never see the great outdoors through her window anymore. It will be all rusty, dirty, and disgustingly disturbing. A window that is clean means that her room needs to be clean too. If her room is clean, then you should tell her about cleaning the windows. If it isn't clean like the windows, you need to tell your daughter that she needs to organize her room more often. The windows can fall apart. When the windows fall apart, you need to buy a new window. You don't want to spend your money just because your daughter didn't clean the windows right?
2006-10-27 20:41:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well just tell her that she needs to clean the windows because there is going to be bugs and germs on her window and it's going to look bad if her window shows on the front of the house. If she doesn't do it tell her she can't get on the computer for a week or she can't go to the mall with you this weekend as promised. She will probably see the importance of cleaning her windows!!
2006-10-28 10:10:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pick your fights wisely..you seem very much to be a neat freak and thats ok, just remember your daughter is her own person..If she doesnt clean her windows to your satisfaction--well you should do it yourself. People who wnat things a certain way are never satisfied with the way someone else does it. Believe me your daughter is 11 now and the windows being clean isnt such a big deal-----she is coming into the teenage years and you'll have your hands full with other worries, like drugs, sex and school...clean windows is in no comparrison to the major things she will face.....again--pick your battles wisely!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-28 08:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by Amy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Children become what we tell them they they are and they imitate our example. If it is so important to you, I suggest you cheerfully roll up your sleeves and do it "with" her with some fun music she picks out, and make it fun for her too. Afterward spend a lot of time praising the light and the view, and ask her how it feels having so much lovely light, and such a pretty, "perfect" view. Then ask if she will please help you do the one in your room. Afterward spend a lot of time praising the light and the view and tell her how much it means to you to have clean windows, and how much better it makes you feel. Thank her a lot for making you feel so much better.
Remember never miss an opportunity to praise her for anything she does that you want her to do again.
I also want to suggest that you lighten up a bit so she doesn't make you a washer woman when you are 90 and she is the strong one. Good Luck, and may you have a restful retirement.
Calico.Kitty
2006-10-28 03:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by musemessmer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It might be possible that you are a neat freak. It really isn't that important. don't get so stressed out about the small thing just be happy that she is a good kid and not out doing bad things. One day it will become important to her to. just give her time. In the meanwhile do it your self it it is bugging you that bad.
2006-10-28 04:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by brans59 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
omg are you serious???
I'm lucky if my daughter tidies her room never mind the windows.
does it really matter that she doesn't clean them?
i think you need to calm down and remember shes still a kid and she will survive in this world with or without clean windows
if this is your only problem you are a very lucky woman
2006-10-28 03:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by mum_2_many 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
what the heck?are you for real ?forget about those windows and wash them yourself if it means so much to you.kids have enough to learn with out silly expectations being put on them.you really must be joking.
2006-10-28 11:10:59 · answer #7 · answered by punkin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
board the windows shut!
2006-10-28 09:39:02 · answer #8 · answered by sparkly543 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG! Your eleven year old daughter has to wash her windows? Heck I'm only thirteen and we have a cleaner to do it for us every weekend!!!!
2006-10-28 06:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by cheese sticks 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cool ur jets, she'd just a kid and wants to have fun.Don't punish her 4 something like that or she will never forgive u for the rest of her life.
2006-10-28 04:44:34 · answer #10 · answered by dramahotty 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋