I have always heard that the most creative people
are sometimes very messy.
I want to be an understanding parent. I want to understand that there are more important things in life than having a neat room. I want to be the type of parent that fosters creativity and freedom and the right to a little space to call your own......messy or neat. However, at this time in my life, I just want to see this room clean and neat and decluttered.
What I am I to do?
I mean, I can say, "Clean up your room! You can't leave this house until everything is in its place!"
That works for the moment.
Or I could clean it up myself.
That works for the moment too.
Or I can just leave it alone and .......close the door.
Which is also messy and cluttered ...... and creative!
Wondering,
What a cute room! I feel your pain, as I have four daughters. I feel the same as you do, but I usually end up cleaning their rooms myself just to get it done. Isn't that awful? ;) Sometimes when I clean up after them they will follow through and keep their rooms clean for awhile, and then it goes back to looking like a tornado blew in...LOL!
ReplyDelete((Hugs)) ~Liz
very cute room Jen! I choose to leave it most days and then usually on the weekends my daughter and I will clean it together...mind you she's almost 12! My sons are the neat ones!
ReplyDeleteMy son's pretty tidy but he is a collector of little trinkets that drive me crazy! We often throw in his taylor swift cd and clean his room together. I actually don't think your daughters room looks that bad! BTW, did you get the sign above the bed on eBay? It looks exactly like a sign I made!
ReplyDeleteOh. Wouldn't that be so cool if you had made that sign. I think I got it at Hobby Lobby or Kirklands. I can't remember. I got it to use for our family Christmas photo one year...then I ended up using it over Emily's bed.
ReplyDeletePam, My sons are the neat ones too.... Well, one son that is.
ReplyDeleteLiz, Tornado is the word my husband uses a lot...right before he shuts her door. LOL.
I am that daughter to my very clean mother. She set rules, though, like no posters, no tape on walls and doors, etc. I was fine with that, but I needed my piles.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I still do. But ironically my own daughter's piles drive me MAD!
Hope you like the CD and the crazy combo of candy ;)
My oldest is 10 and it is a constant battle because I know she is a neat person, but just doesn't do it.
ReplyDeleteI have tried telling her everything on the floor gets thrown away (goodwill), but then it just gets shoved into drawers so we now have a deal:
If she keeps her room clean until the end of the school year and I never once have to tell her to pick up anything, I will buy her 1 thing.
So far so good. It has lasted 1 day!
Maybe if I email a photo of my daughter's room you would feel much better.
ReplyDeleteI think you are a good mom to let her be creative! I am so OCD about even my kids room that I stifle them creatively. They want posters & to organize for themselves...I always have to give my 2 cents...
ReplyDeleteHer room is adorable...clutter and all.
please let me know if you figure this one out!!! my oldest (12) told me her room was clean. when I went in there today i was shocked to find that is was no where near clean!! ugh! after half an hour I gave up! i told her tonite she needed to finish it & by golly she did (after a busy night & studying for 2 tests!!) hang in there! {btw, i bet it is clean compared to most rooms}
ReplyDeleteHi Jen, so glad we found each other's blogs. I love yours. This post could be about my daughter. She is only 7 but her room is a pit. We have to detox it about once a month. AND she is the most artistic/creative person I know, must be a prerequisite. I cannot wait to read more of you stuff. I read your profile, seems like we would get along just fine! I like Diet Dr. Pepper :) instead of Diet Pepsi. Have a super day.
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