Can you figure out which room belongs to each of my kids?

[AngieW in Texas]

Do you think this room belongs to my 17yo, 14yo, or 12yo?

[AngieW in Texas]

Here are the other two rooms:

[Renee in NC]

It looks like my 12yo's room if I don't make him clean it every.single.day!:lol:

 

He has to keep it clean because we have to walk through his room to get to the other boys' room and the bathroom.

[Mejane]

I'm gonna say the first one belongs to the 17yo because it looks like my 17yo daughter's room. :glare:

[AngieW in Texas]

We must have twins. My 17yo's room is a disaster pit.

 

The other two clean their rooms completely every Sunday and vacuum too. The 17yo is supposed to do all that, but rarely actually does.

[gingersmom]

It looks like my (almost) 14 year olds room. She is actually on a deadline to get her room sparkling clean and neat.

[Snickerdoodle]

The one thing I do ask of my kids is that they have a clean path from their bed to any fire escape route every night before going to bed.

[Denisemomof4]

easy. 17 yo has the room in the first three pics. My 18 yo's room is just like that. :glare: 12 yo has next room, last room for 14 yo. Am I right?

[Tutor]

I am going to say it belongs to the 17yo but only because there is a Japanimation poster on the wall and your siggy says that she is studying Japanese. :001_smile:

 

I am glad to know that my girls aren't the only ones whose rooms look like a tornado went through them. :D

[Caitilin]

I think your daughter is related to us! :lol:

[GnomeyNewt]

Looks about how my DH kept his room at that age too!

 

I am reading this book right now (audio version), you might be interested in it!

A Perfect Mess - http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Mess-Benefits-Cluttered-Fly/dp/0316114758

[MamaT]

I vote 17yo. I have a 17yo. :001_smile:

[AngieW in Texas]

Absolutely correct. The first three photos are my 17yo's room.

 

In the next set, my 12yo's room is first (she's the lego nut) and then my 14yo's room.

[Margo out of lurking]

That's so interesting, I was totally going to guess the OLDEST child. It has been my experience (my sister, my kids, my dh's family) that the younger ones tend to be the pleasers and therefore make an attempt to clean their rooms.

 

Dh is always after my dd to pick up her room. I try to be more laid back, I just want the trash picked up, and the clothes off the floor. So dd goes off to a friend's house yesterday, with plans to spend the night and come back here WITH HER FRIEND. Dh is upset about the condition of her room, so HE cleaned it up before she came home. I pointed out to him that she might at least be embarrassed enough to pick it up next time, that he was taking away that motivation, but he really wanted to do it instead. :001_huh:

[shannatheshedevil]

Lord have mercy. You need a :grouphug:

[Daisy]

:ohmy:

 

I'd freak if my kid's room looked like that. LOL. I'm a neat freak though. I'm either going to raise neat freaks, or they'll be seeing a shrink and blaming me for their issues at age 30.

[mycalling]

So you all with 17yos are telling me all the headway DH and I've made with dsd12 to keep her room clean will disappear before 5yrs?!?!:scared: Why do we even bother?:banghead:

[KathyBC]

So should the TV show "Hoarders" be compulsory viewing for 17-year-olds? :D

 

When my dd's room starts looking like that, I start to hyperventilate. Life stops - usually bedtime because that's when I notice - until there is at least a path to the door.

[MicheleinMN]

So you all with 17yos are telling me all the headway DH and I've made with dsd12 to keep her room clean will disappear before 5yrs?!?!:scared: Why do we even bother?:banghead:

 

I'll make you feel better. My ds, now 18, has the cleanest/neatest room of all my children. He cleans, dusts, and vacuums it every week without being told. I don't know what happened, but somewhere between 16-18 he decided to keep his room clean.

 

My dd, 16, also keeps her room tidy for the most part. Ds, 14, still needs work, but can get his area clean when he wants to do so. Ds, 12, still needs work. Dd, 10, her room is a disaster zone most ALL of the time, as is my youngest child's area, ds, 9. I keep hoping they will all grow out of the messy room stage.

[orangearrow]

It would belong to a very grounded child of any age in my house. :toetap05:

 

:cheers2: <-- For you... I'd sure need one or two! lol

[Guest Cindie2dds]

Absolutely correct. The first three photos are my 17yo's room.

 

In the next set, my 12yo's room is first (she's the lego nut) and then my 14yo's room.

 

That's what my room looked like when I was 17. Although I was required to help clean the rest of the house. The common area had to be clean, none of my junk. My mom just closed my door. When I left for college, I did a 180 and my room was very neat after that. I was actually allowed to move back in while I was going to the local University. There is hope! :D

[Prairie~Phlox]

It would belong to a very grounded child of any age in my house. :toetap05:

 

:cheers2: <-- For you... I'd sure need one or two! lol

 

 

Me too, ours have to have everything off the floor at night. I can't stand a mess and told them when they have their own house, they can keep it as they wish, for now, they have to do as I wish. Beds are made everyday too.

[SapphireStitch]

Yep, that would have been my room at 17 and my DD's room at 17. I didn't really have a clean room until I had my own apartment. :(

 

Even at almost 21, my DD's room will look like that some days. If it bothers me too much, I close the door. But I know WHY it's like that. She does the same thing I did at that age...run from one activity to the next, from work to home to her social life. While she's home she drops one outfit on the floor and changes into another, drops a backpack and picks up a purse, etc. A few days of that and it's a total mess.

 

BUT, she can clean it up. That's where the years of training finally pay off. For instance, she's going out with a young man this afternoon and he's coming home with her for supper. That room looks like something out of a magazine right now...just on the off chance he might walk past the open door. :lol:

 

Something I try to remind myself is that my kids have their WHOLE LIFE in one little room. I have the rest of the house, the pantry, the attic, walk-in closet, etc. to spread out my life and my stuff. They have to fit all their interests into one room, and it's going to be messy at times.