why cant you just put the cover?

not only covers, but everything! my nieces and nephew are really a pain in the azz because they would use everything and not put them back in their proper places. and it just annoys me to the nth level. .

well my son is just two years of age and he is to short to reach the place where i put the things that should beremain covered. i am teaching him slowly on what to do and not to do, so i hope i wont have any problems like that

When they are younger, I usually get things for them to avoid the cover problem and things are put back where they belong. But as they grow older, I insist that they put it back properly. I've sometimes, made my son close it properly again if I notice it's been happening a couple of times in a row. But it doesn't happen anymore (he's 7 now). I don't remember not putting back covers properly when I was younger and I think since I would insist and remind my son everytime he took something, we got into the habit now.

that's interesting. I don't think i had problems with this. because in my house and climate if we do not put back the covers then the ants will get in and the whole container of food will be spolit and that would REALLY get us in trouble with our parents. i guess sometimes mothers don't want to nag, but the behaviour of their kids makes it such that they have no choice but to do so.