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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<< Like I said, whatever works for the person in need is high priority.>>
That is not the way your posts come across.
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Only after you were pushed on the issue.
Then you would decline flowers. simple.
I enjoy them. Many do.
When you put together something for people you find out these things before you get everyone organized in their efforts to do something. It really is easy that way to do only what is a pleasure and to save time, effort and dollars for things you have no use.
Again, we ask! One of my girlfriends is having surgery next week. We ask may we bring you dinner. What are you favorites? Would you like us to bring and serve it? Would you prefer we bring and you take care of it yourself? Give us an idea of your favorite flowers. Do your kids need movie rentals? (w/the world of on demand movies and pay perview this is not something that is usable much these days). We ask for favorite desserts and I know this family well but I am careful about allergies (for example people know no peanuts, tree nuts, or peanut butter products or even products than contain peanut oils in this house due to allergy).
That is how we do it. That is how I do it personally. This is how church does it. Apparently this is the way the neighborhood association does it in reading those emails.
I'm competent myself and yet, no one i know would even think to look down on me for calling AAA to service my car -- for a flat or for any other reason.
LOL.
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