on getting a 15 yr old boy to shower on a regular basis?
We're ready to stop washing his clothes and allowing him on the furniture...are we mean? Any different suggestions!
2007-01-29 06:22:54 · 17 answers · asked by Ŗεŋεε 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
No you're not mean! NO priveleges without a shower!
2007-01-29 06:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bryan's Wife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say I never wanted to shower when I was 15, but when I was 7 or so I had a period where I hated baths. My parents just made it part of the nightly routine. Everyday after school we had to have a shower or we wouldn't be able to have dinner. After we began to shower on a regular basis the rule was dropped.
2007-01-29 16:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by bpbjess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In trying to get him to shower on a regular basis, you are treating a symptom and NOT the cause. Your son needs a reality check. You SHOULD stop washing his clothes.
As long as he is living under your roof you should insist that he follow your rules. If he does not, then he must live with the consequences.
Draw the line with your kid and hold it. If he is insistent that he can make his own rules, look into the requirements for the emancipation of a minor in your state. Then, once emancipated, help him into an apartment - buy him a few groceries, then wish him well.
2007-01-29 14:34:48 · answer #3 · answered by marty_hstn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try explaining to him that he isnt a child anymore and that he needs to bath because the odor is starting to become more then you can stand and that he should be embarressed to go to school or out in public because others notice his scent and that he should shower daily or at least every other day compermise with him tell him if she showers every day for a week you will do something special for him let him deside what is the special thing within reason of course and after that week of showering everyday he will get use to it and start to bath more offten on his own
2007-01-29 14:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sawyers girl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well..at 15 he is more then old enough to wash his own clothes. My 12 year washes her own clothes. I would take away privileges. No shower? No Tv or computer etc.
2007-01-29 14:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had this problem when my son was about 11 or 12 and couldn't seem to smell himself either. I told him that there were more people living in this house than just him and we would not put up with the disgusting smell of BO. It's a routine they have to get into....just like anything else. It just needs to be automatic for him....it's the first thing my son does when he gets out of bed in the morning now. It wasn't an easy routine but I just refuse to put up with any of my boys not taking care of their personal hygiene.
2007-01-29 14:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by my3sons 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say it but it's time for the CHAT! I would take him aside and talk to him about body odor and how it can offend alot of people. Besides that maybe he's embarrased to talk about it. If you have already been through the chat a hundred times before, simply tell him that if he continues to not shower and smell, to get a job and move out, find his own place to stink up. It's odd but I know for a fact that it actually worked.
2007-01-29 15:04:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmmmm...sounds like a tough question to answer. Is it that he smells? Have you actually taken a moment to say to your son you need to shower on a daily basis you are at that age now were you body is changing an you tend to harbor some odors? Is he knowledgeble to know that he doesn't smell pleasent? Have you provided him with deodorant? You question doesn't give enough details why is it that he doesn't want to shower???
2007-01-29 14:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by pattiof 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh... well... if you're his mother then you say "Son - I know it's not your normal routine to shower every day, but you're at an age now where it's really necessary. You can choose morning or nighttime, but you do have to start showering every day. So... which works better for you? Mornings or nighttime?"
2007-01-29 14:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you just have to make him. compliment him on how good he looks and smells at different times. not as soon as he gets out. make it a habit that you enforce. i had the same problem with my daughter when she was 10 and going through that beginning puberty where she couldnt smell how bad she smelled. after a while she accepted that you shower everynight. maybe not having to wash your hair daily, but your body does need to be rinced at least. he'll catch on
2007-01-29 14:29:21 · answer #10 · answered by CATHRYN K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋