I did it!!!!

Good Stuff....I have started to do the same thing and it does work!! This will show them that you are serious. You should be PROUD!!! Good Luck and keep us posted Stacy

I should try this, my daughter is 14 but what needs cleaned in her room is the pile of clothes in the laundry basket(clean) and on the floor, also clean. I don't think I should have to put her clothes away for her. Good luck to ya.

We had to do that with my stepdaughter when she was about 9, but I don't remember why. LOL! Our problem was that she just didn't care. She'd sit in her room all day and do nothing. (All her stuff was gone.) She knew that she'd only be there for a little while then could go back to her mom's, where she could be as bratty as she wanted and nobody would care. :( She has a lot of other issues though... Hope this helps your daughter out! Good luck!

Well done. It is really difficult to make a big stand like this as you know you will have suffer the consequences of her mood when she gets in. However I am sure it will be worth it as she will know that you mean what you say and hopefully will behave better in the future.

Wow, my Dad used to say that he was going to do that on Saturday mornings, but he never had to. I'd get it clean just before he came with the garbage bag. I'm impressed that you followed through. So many parents say they will do things abd then don't bother. When my kids are older I hope that I will be as consistent as you seem to be. Good luck when she gets home.

good for you! It will be hard, but you did the right thing!!!

I wonder what her reaction will be when she gets back from school, anyways since you warned her she must be prepared, will she listen to you

Double WOW! Great job!!!! I need to take a page from your book! I will threaten and threaten...but my follow through truly lacks. ha ha I know, it is not really funny. But I get weak when I see him start to tear up with the crocodile tears. And my other boys...we have already reduced their room down to the bare min...and they still find a way to trash it! Literally...trash. Wrappers from food, broken pencils, little rocks you would find in the road, pieces of paper that have nothing on it but cut into tiny squares, and then some. How the heck they can trash their room like that without any toys in it... Good luck with your daughter and her dad. I hope that he takes what you set as a good example and joins in to help your daughter learn and earn her stuff back. Bravo to you!!! You go girl! :)

Yes I think your right to do this.She should be cleaning her own room as its her own mess.You were right to take the things away .She will have to learn the hard way.This is will only do her good in the long run and later in life.

Wow! It's so nice to see parents taking a stance and actually following through on their words. That's quite the pile there too! If I may could I ask how old your daughter is? I have this nasty feeling she's going to be in a stinker of a mood when she sees what you've done lol. But hey, kids have to learn that their way isn't always best after all, and that sometimes, parents DO follow through on their threats. Way to go Momma!

Good for you! I don't know how old she is but she needs to learn responsibility and if she won't obey you then taking away privileges is one way to do so. She needs to respect your rules while she is a child and she needs to have respect for you. If you don't teach her when she's small, she'll be out of control as a teenager and it will be even harder for her to hold down a job if she doesn't respect authority.

that was mean her room her mess, why even go in there?

Wow, that's an GREAT idea, i'll have to remember that for when my daughter's older! She's only 10 months now so i can handle the mess but i know as she gets older she'll have a LOT of stuff & what you did sounds like a great way to go about making sure she's a tidy little girl! Good Job! 2 thumbs up!

As a daughter i would be really angry at what you did. But as a mother i would agree with you that is the only way to get to her that she has resposibilities.

well done, im glad theres parents out there standing up to their kids and taking control and not letting them walking all over you. otherwise u realise when they are older. good luck with it all and hope she cleans it up. stay calm when doing it, and show her that you are serious.

What we say to our children, we should mean it. I am teaching my toddler how to pick up and she got a book by Berenstain Bears about a messy room and she quite understand. So, I told her if she doesn't help me pick up her stuff on her room, I will come with a big box to put all her stuff away. Sometimes she listen, sometimes she doesn't, so I show her am picking up stuff and putting it on a box, then I hide the items away. I truly believe that teaching them at an early age is very important because when they grow old, they don't listen anymore.

I think what you did is great. Make her earn it back. My son was a major piglet. There was food, dirty underware, clean clothes-that I had recently washed mixed with filthy clothing. He wouldn't clean the kitchen after using it. I was at a loss. I won't tell what I did to correct a bad situation, but it was immature compared to your solution. Here's hoping your daughter straightens her act. HIGH FIVE to a responsible and fair MOM!!!

well. u are really a great mother. and the way you did to your daughter may have her know that she has to pile her own things and she has to learn to be confident. and i am just a littl e wondering whether there would be a better way for you and your husband to do this. maybe you can ask your daughter to sit beside you and then tell her what u want her to do. and in this way, your daughter is unilkly to get vexed or anything. at least she knows. o r she might realize that she should have cleaned up her own room and put away all the things messed up in her room. hey. why dont u just try this out. cos this is what my mother and father did to me.

hopefully you doing that will make her appreciate what she has. from the picture looks like she has a nice room. good luck in getting her to straightening up.

Congratulations, I think you have a wonderful plan. I hope it works for you. As a matter of fact, iI might try it myself. Thanks for the idea. I am a single father of 2 girls.