Dealing with Lazy Teens

Published by Max at 12:48 pm under Grammy's Corner

I’ve got a not-so-fun situation on my hands. Three of the four kids we have are lazy — while two are lazy extraordinaire. And to be honest, I am really struggling lately with the feeling taken advantage of — It seems most everything I do as a loving parent is more expected and not appreciated. In fact, most times I feel like they don’t give a damn about helping to make my job a little easier.

  1. Three things that rub me the wrong way and absolutely irritate the hell out of me are:
  2. To be sorting clothes for SIX people and have clothes half right and half wrong side out.
  3. To have the sink empty of dirty dishes at night only to wake up the next morning to having to clear a sink full of dirty dishes before I can even make my first pot of coffee.
  4. To place clean and neatly folded clothes on beds and for the kids to just throw them in the floor to make room for them to sit on their bed to play a Gameboy.

Am I being overly picky?

Caring for SIX people isn’t an easy job! Is it really too much to ask that they help make my jobs a bit easier by putting their dishes in the dishwasher, turning their clothes right side out and putting clean clothes away?

Does anyone have a creative suggestion or 10 that I might use to get the kids a little more motivated to get off the couch and do something?

My husband and I have discovered that the kids prefer to do things half-assed in hopes that we may never call on them to do it again because we can’t trust them to do it right.

The one we do have that is a little workaholic and clean freak feels like he’s doing it all while the others do nothing. And that’s not fair either.

I can’t stand a filthy house! I can’t stand clutter and I can’t stand laziness.

What’s a mom to do?

Suggestions?

 

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One Response to “Dealing with Lazy Teens”

  1. # Debbieon 28 Jun 2009 at 1:02 am
    just my opinion, but I taught my daughter how to wash her own clothes and fold them and put them away. This is something that she has to do if she wants to be able to go places and go out with friends. I also have taught her that if she eats something that requires dirtying a dish, that she must wash her own plate and mess after herself if she doesn’t want to wash ALL the dishes. This has really cut down on the mess that I have to clean up after. She does an awesome job and this helps me out soooooooo much.