How do I get a child of 13 years old to keep his clothes up off the floor?

Tough love..

Throw them in the garbage..

when he has nothing to wear, he'll learn!

You did the wrong thing because you let your anger get the best of you.

Solution is very simple.

Has nothing to do with priveleges - he will only see that as pestering (which it is).

Punishment has to be direct, reasonable and related to the offense.

So, new rule of the house:

As long as there is as much as a single sock on his floor, his clothes do not get washed.

Or alternatively, you wash everything that's on the floor but you don't give it back.

See how he likes wearing the same for two weeks. All of a sudden, picking up his clothes might not seem an unreasonable task.

I know boys especially pre-teen and young teen boys can be messy but to state saddled with is a little on the negative side. Instead of getting angry and saying things you don't mean, try what Dr. James Dobson said in his book on Love Must Be Tough, that it might serve to take his clothing and bag them up when he leaves them on the floor. Put them in a closet not his and let us wait and see when he runs out of clothes he will change because this will get old with him fast. He is 13 and puberty is his biggest enemy why should you feel saddled the boy has alot to deal with already without feeling unwanted. Keep in mind that kids, teens and even some adults learn bad habits they sometimes take on as adults and once you start a bad habit it's hard to break. Patience in deeling with young people is a virtue. God Bless and have a blessed holiday.

"but we are saddled with him until june." Sounds like a positive attitude....

The thing is you DON'T pick up after him. Leave them on the floor, and until he can pick them up himself take away privileges or try grounding. He is PLENTY old enough to be doing this on his own.

At that age I thought that was what the floor was for. Then when I started having friends over I began to change. If all of his clothes are on the floor don't wash them for him. He will soon get tired of wearing dirty stuff.

They will just all end up on the floor now. You must take away priviledges until they are tough enough for him to comply with the rules. If it means he has no clothes other than the ones on his back, do it!

The more you keep on moaning - the more he will do it.

How about picking his clothes up and putting them in a dustbin bag and hiding them away, with the exception of his basic school uniform.- soon he wont have any clothes left, so in effect he grounds himself.

I can't really understand your idea of putting him in the middle of his bed and emptying the rest of the clothes on him, just drops you down to his mental level.

Kids are messy - period, live with it.

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Tell him that whatever clothes are left on the floor (or not put away properly) will be taken away...then take them away and hide them when he leaves them on the floor...pretty soon he'll learn to take care of them.

My Mum used to put all my sister's clothes that were left on the floor in a black bin bag and hide it in the garage. She would tell her that she'd taken them to the tip.

i agree with rookethorne any clothes you find on the floor bag them up and hide them somewhere. when he runs out of clothes and asks you where they are just tell him since they were on the floor you thought they were garbage so you bagged them up and threw them out