Do your kids make a mess and then expect you to clean it up?

My mate and I have disagreements about my son's sloppiness. He just can't keep his room tidy! There are many times I would attack his room (clean) only because I can no longer stand it! There I would find used glasses, bowls, coke cans etc., I often said that that is the last time I am doing it, but didn't happen.

Finally, my mate took the tent out and get my to sleep in it until he gets to clean his room. That worked! Now, my son manage to keep his room tidier. Gday!

My children are really bad like tat. They have the run of the house most of the time. I get so tired of walking into the kitchen and find a mess. And it is like HELLO don't you see the trash can. I get so mad at them. my husband just hollers saying I should just spank them and which I do but it doesn't stay in their head. It is like they enjoy seeing me get upset. I am thinking of putting themoutside in the barn. Maybe that will help.

When my children were 3-4yrs old they loved to help me clean. Ah the good old days! As they aged they somehow "forget" to pick-up, put-away or clean-out which ever their present mess requires. I just keep telling them that i am not cleaning up after them (i did't their sisters and i'm not starting with the boys). Eventually when i lose ALL patience and get a trash bag to clean out their room myself(i have only had to actually do this once for the girls and once for the boys) they will do it. because when i go in to clean, EVERYTHING except 1mos. clothing (toys,books and games included) goes to goodwill and i promise you it was more than a year before they got any uneccessary items back then it all had to be slowly bought over birthdays and christmases. They may wait till the last min. but they will do it.

I'm not sure why, but my son has been an incredibly neat child so far. He goes and gets a paper towel or baby wipe if he makes even the smallest mess. He can just get food on the corner of his mouth, and he wants it cleaned up right away!
As far as spilling stuff goes, if it gets on him at all, he wants the whole mess cleaned up right away. If none of it gets on him, he still usually brings it to my attention, but he doesn't necessarily clean it up himself. If it's something he's not supposed to be messing with (like the pets' food and/or water), he usually tries to clean it up, but never bothers to tell my husband or me, so we have to find it on our own later.

My 18 yar old is infuriating. She spends a lot of time in her room, like most teens, but she has a deal here she's supposed to clean it. Most of the time we would need a visa to enter her room if we could get past the border patrols!
Her worst habit is when me or her mum do the dishes (usually a big pile as we both work, and it only gets done once a day) and we've just finished. She'll appear from her pit with a stack of plates and glasses and just dump them by the sink.
One day I got so mad I took them back to her room, dumped them on the bed and left a note saying 'we gave the domestics a night off!'
Water off a duck's back, she took no notice....

You don't say how old she is, but enjoy it, there will be days when she gets into her teens that she's not so 'clean' concious lol However, she does sound like my daughters and even though they would only clean up their rooms once a week when they got to be teenagers they were still good about helping around the house, cleaning up spills, etc. I have been living with my s/o for 3 years, his daughter was 11 when we moved in together (she lives with her mom for the most part), and she was really bad about leaving glasses sitting around, candy wrappers, etc. and expected me to clean up after her! From her actions I was certain this was coming from what she gets away with at her mom's house, however, she soon learned that I was not going to pick up after her and she does much better now, takes her glass to the sink, picks up her trash, etc. and cleans up her room before going back home to mom's.

My daughter (14) is not the only one who won't clean up after themself. She is actually pretty good about it. now if I could get HIM to do the same!