She throws EVERYTHING on the floor?

Question

HELP.....my high schooler refuses to use her trash can in her room, and throws all items is discard on the floor, including chewed gum!!! Any suggestions on how to get her to smarten up?

Answer 1

put like a rat in the room or like any thing that would scare her into doing it or maybe something smelly

Answer 2

Well, if she can keep the door closed and it isn't a bother than leave her be.. As long as she can find things and you don't have to look at it than who cares... However, if you are spending time doing her laundry/folding her clothing for it to end up on the floor than let her be responsible for her own things... If it STILL bothers you pick up everything and put it in big black trash bags and tell her that if her room gets like that her things will be thrown away and that she can't if you are paying get any more new things UNTIL her room is at least tidy....

Answer 3

My sister was like this growing up, while I was the neat sibling (isn't it supposed to be the other way around, with the girl being neat and the boy being sloppy?). My mom would usually just let it go, making her doing a full throttle clean and tidy-up every so often. Now, my sister is out on her own, and keeps her apartment fairly neat (she still has some clutter, but she keeps the place sanitary and clean).

I can't guarantee that your daughter will be the same if you do this with her. My mom's philosophy was that it was a teenage thing, and that she would grow out of it with a little guidance. And she did.

Answer 4

My daughter was the same way. I'd put up with it until I couldn't stand it anymore. Then I'd put the vacuum, a clothes basket and a couple trash bags, along with some cleaning clothes and send her in there and tell her not to come out until it meets your standards. When she knew I meant business she could usually do it in about an hour.

Answer 5

It's your job to raise a child who is self-sufficient, decent, and respects authority.

She obviously is not ready for even her own apt, if she can't clean her own room much less respect your home enough to keep it clean or even respect you enough to do as she is told.

Clean it for her. Go in her room and take everything out but an alarm clock, her bed and bedding, 3 or 4 outfits and her school books. Then when she learns that she lives with others and is supported by others and must respect others and take care of her things, give them back one by one. If she starts slacking again, remove the things you have given back.

This may be extreme, but you let her get this way, so that's extreme too.

Answer 6

My mom threw all of my sister's clothes out on the front lawn. Hang her undie out there too, that'll embarass her. Also, if that doesn't work, ground her or kick her out. Also, you could have a cop go in there and speak with her and he'll tell her, that while living under your roof, they are suppose tolisten to you and if they don't like that-they can get!

Answer 7

I used to keep the door closed. If she dropped things around the house, I tossed it in her room. Eventually she improved. She was embarrassed by friends comments when they came over.

Answer 8

Leave everything where it falls for as long as it falls, let her room become her hell, sooner or later she will have a problem, I cant find something important or something of value to her will be ruined, this may make her change, you wont change her it is something she will need to do herself. Jim Here.

Answer 9

My son was the same way. His room was a pig sty. I decided to quit worrying about it. My only requirement was that he keep his door shut so I didn't have to look at it. You have to learn to pick your battles. After a while he got tired of it and cleaned up his act.

Answer 10

Make her clean up the mess that she made. Perhaps, use "her" (which is actually yours because you gave it to her) allowance money on a maid, in necessary. Hope this helps.