My Mom had a sure-fire way of getting me to clean my room. All she had to do was say “You do it, or I’ll help you.” Her “help” consisted of asking me “You don’t really want this, do you? Good! Into the trash it goes.” I lost a lot of my best junk that way, but I couldn’t complain because most of the time she was right (ruthless, but right), and I did have a chance to say “no” and keep the stuff I really wanted. Finally I got wise and started keeping my room clean myself. Nowadays I’m not as ruthless as she was, but when I clean, I still end up with a big bag of junk for the trash.
My Mom had a sure-fire way of getting me to clean my room. All she had to do was say “You do it, or I’ll help you.” Her “help” consisted of asking me “You don’t really want this, do you? Good! Into the trash it goes.” I lost a lot of my best junk that way, but I couldn’t complain because most of the time she was right (ruthless, but right), and I did have a chance to say “no” and keep the stuff I really wanted. Finally I got wise and started keeping my room clean myself. Nowadays I’m not as ruthless as she was, but when I clean, I still end up with a big bag of junk for the trash.