My mom regularly got after me to make my bed. I never saw the point. I’m wasting my time to make it look neat… for no one, only for me to mess it up the following night. I didn’t see the point then, I don’t see the point now.
So my solution to not getting yelled at. I stopped sleeping under the covers. I just slept on top. For a while, she thought I was making my bed, but eventually I wore out a spot on the top of the comforter. That’s when she figured it out. Then she was made I wasn’t using the blankets for their intended use (to keep someone warm). I as a child, would rather freeze than make the damn bed.
Neat freaks will hate this, but it can be healthier to not make your bed because then the sheets get more of a chance to dry out if you’ve been sweating in them all night. If they don’t dry out, bacteria can thrive.
Getting a separate blanket to sleep under and hiding it under the bed when you’re not using it would have been helpful.
I also don’t see the point in making the bed. Thankfully, my parents didn’t force me to do it.
My mom always got upset when my brother and I fought. “Take it outside!” she would say. One day, as we started to fight, my brother reminded me what she said. So, we calmly walked to the front yard, then we went at it.
Somehow it still didn’t make her happy.
My mom once got so upset at me and my brothers not cleaning our rooms, that she spent the school day taking all of our toys, putting them in trash bags, and leaving them in the back yard.
Parents - don’t do that. It’s traumatizing. I still have massive issues with people touching my things, and I’m in my 30s.
It also did nothing to help me clean my room, as you can’t punish someone out of having ADHD. Specific guidance could’ve helped me, as I was never taught how to organize things. Instead, I was expected to just figure it out somehow and got in trouble for failing to do so.
you can’t punish someone out of having ADHD
I just want to say that, not only does this resonate with me, but it’s one of those things that you’ll never un-think or un-see. I have a lot to reflect on, as this simple insight will help me tremendously. Thanks.
Kids really hear “sleep outside” and immediately choose full survival mode instead of picking up socks.
Can confirm: my youngest son would most definitely do this.
I’m a grown adult and currently buzzing with so much energy I might do this tonight to burn off some energy…
No one likes a bragger. 😤
This is how you trick your kid into digging a hole in the yard.
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