Augh, shoot me now.

[ailbhe]

Linnea thinks I am unkind. She's right. Urgh. She says she will be a MUCH nicer mother than I am when she's grown up. I say (meanly) I hope so.

It's going to be ok, of course, because it always is. But I'm pretty frustrated with my inability to keep my temper under control when stepping on expletive deleted plastic toys I asked them to pick up days ago.

They have SO MUCH STUFF. The temptation to bin it all is sometimes very strong. I think we need to really, really get working on proper toy storage, in a planned, dedicated, spending actual money and time on it fashion. That, or get them to enjoy giving things away. I can't see that happening.

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[radegund.livejournal.com]

See, that's more or less how I feel too. But my motivation to deal with my own mess tends to deflate in the context of everyone else's mess - I tip over into resentment territory very quickly.

[ailbhe]

Talk to the children about it? if someone does a huge tidy, as I did yesterday, and things start from fresh there, with a clear floor in one place and a commitment to maintain it (just the floor, not putting everything away where it belongs, exactly), they might rather like the idea of having a consistently clear space.

Or not, which is another issue entirely.