A Neat and Clean House vs Children

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A Neat and Clean House vs Children
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Tue, 07-27-2010 - 8:35am

For those of you who like a neat and clean house, how do you keep it that way with children?

I find that if I am tied to goal of having a neat and clean house, I become a raging shrew against my children as they proceed to undo all the neatness I have worked so hard to attain. If I made a "neat and clean house" my goal, my children would not have their messy projects that take days/weeks to complete. My children would not pick up a book (casually left out)as they walk through the family room and browse through- discovering once again the mother actually knows about a few good books. I would let them watch more tv/computer time, as they don't make things as messy when they do. I would squash their ideas if I thought it would make too much of a mess. I wouldn't let them cook/experiment in the kitchen- as it is usually more work for me to clean up after they have "cleaned up". So, how do you inspire creativity and imagination in a neat and clean house? Are you on top of them to put things away as soon as they are done even if it is temporary? Where do you put the legos?....... Have you ever allowed them to take over the living room with all of their toys arranged in a city complex (thomas the train things were the Metro, legos and blocks were the buildings....)? How long would it stay up? Would let it be up for the summer so they could add to and change tings around as they got new ideas? Or allowed them to take over half of the family room for a month+ while they build and live in a beaver lodge (using all the empty shoe and other boxes and some that weren't empty)? Even if you have to walk around it everyday to get to the kitchen? Or do you require that all toys be put away everyday?

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Registered: 04-16-2010
Mon, 08-02-2010 - 6:58pm
You explained nothing.
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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 6:59pm
That' was a funny little fyi.
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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:01pm
What is the need for meat if there are beans/legumes present?

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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:01pm

I know it has sauce. Why does sauce make it a meal?

PS - If your beans don't have sauce, you're doing it wrong IMO. Maybe that's why you wouldn't consider it a meal.












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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:01pm

Yes she did. Because it's Italian.

Italians aren't poor.

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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:02pm

whose heritage ate rice and beans all the time

Heritage: I don't think it means what you think it means.

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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:02pm
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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:04pm
Hey, if you wanted to post that recipe, (you too, Geschichtsgal!) that would be awesome :) Thanks!

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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:06pm

I figured it out - a "meal" has to have either meat or sauce. It can have one or both, but not neither.












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Mon, 08-02-2010 - 7:06pm

Certain things: Only meals. See? It's not like she wants meat for EVERYthing. She doesn't want meat when she vacuums, for example.

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