Hi everyone. Would really appreciate some advice on suitable sanctions for the following, as I have just had a meltdown & basically 'thrown the book' at my 14yr old DS over the state of his bedroom.
In common with most mums of 14yr old boys, bedroom is invariably in a state of chaos/health hazard or somewhere in between. Earlier in the week I discovered on a very fleeting visit (he sleeps in the loft, dont go up every day) clean ironed clothes mixed in with 2 damp towels on top of chest of drawers/on the slide to the floor.
This morning I went up to do a recce, and discovered;
A pile of mud under desk, with keyboard upside down on top (reckon the mud may have come from football boots)
No sheet or pillow case on bed - haven't just fallen off, have never been there since he was asked to change his bed 3/4 days ago
X-Box switched on, in a drawer, with assorted games slung casually on top of the drawer unit
computer in part-finished state (he is building it and is awaiting more parts) on the floor, on the edge of the mud, on top of other filth
Bin-bag full of rubbish (crisp packets, drinks bottles, etc) casually thrown on top of all of the above.
Now I know you are all probably thinking I am a neglectful mum/housewife for not discovering this sooner, but I can honestly say that this has all built up in the last seven days or less since I last had a proper look in there. Bearing in mind we have had 1 week of Easter Hols, a friend sleeping over and several days with the two of them holed up in there.
Along with all of the above was the usual mucky washing on the floor, drawers half open with boxers and socks hanging out, general detritus everywhere - IYSWIM, typical teenage lad.
Please could anyone tell me what sanctions they think are realistic and do-able, with a week left of the hols - electronics ban, grounding & withdrawal of pocket money (due later today) are the usuals here.
All help & suggestions gratefully received, was pretty incandescent with rage earlier on!!
TIA
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mummyflood · 30/03/2008 16:52
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