I make my five year old clean her own damn room. Her mess, not mine.
And? At 5, I didn't have any appreciation of cleanliness. Your 5yo probably has the same. Does she complain about the room being dirty? If not, why do you think she'll clean it on her own?
She absolutely complains about her room being dirty, which is when I tell her to clean it.
Add in the many possible consequences for toppings. Even try to project a possible attitude for emphasis.
They will either be curious, or they will be curious.
I make my five year old clean her own damn room. Her mess, not mine.
And? At 5, I didn't have any appreciation of cleanliness. Your 5yo probably has the same. Does she complain about the room being dirty? If not, why do you think she'll clean it on her own?
I doubt its a general thing for all 5 year olds :V
Appreciation is one of the concepts that is on a line of being taught.
You can easily just notice 'oh huh, dirt. Cleaning time.'
I'm curious however why it seems like there's a defensive tone there.
The 'And?', specifically.My step-mother has been giving him non-stop shit for the past few months whenever he starts up, and it hasn't helped any.
He is easily paranoid and way too prone to stress to keep acting like he does.
Did you try a roundabout way of explanation? Like, 'Why would I get [this wound] anyway?'
The obvious answer would generally be lack of knowledge on preventing/handling it...which would lead to the obvious answer of personal hands-on work.