01/03/2026
Your kid’s bedroom looks like a crime scene and you’re about to lose it (again).
The clothes on the floor. The water bottles growing ecosystems. The homework that was “definitely turned in” but is actually buried under three hoodies.
You’ve asked nicely. You’ve threatened. You’ve made charts and given consequences. Nothing works, and every time you walk past that door, your blood pressure spikes.
Here’s what I know: the messy room is almost never really about the messy room. Sometimes it’s executive function—their brain literally doesn’t see the mess the way yours does. Sometimes it’s depression or anxiety wearing a disguise. Sometimes it’s the one thing they can control when everything else feels chaotic. And sometimes? They’re just a teenager and their priorities are different from yours.
The trick is figuring out which one it is, because the solution for each is completely different.
You don’t have to wage this war alone. If the bedroom battle is making everyone miserable and nothing you’ve tried is working, let’s figure out what’s really going on.
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