14-year-olds or so... so you do this?
Do you leave pens on your carpet? Do you see this as a problem? If you were me, how would you handle it? I'm mostly venting, but am curious to see what kids think about this. Serious anwers only, please. :)
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Well, I mean, pens are not a problem or anything.
Maybe just the laziness is.
Sweety, teenagers are just LAZY. PERIOD. You have to keep on them. You will think that they just don't learn, and they don't, but you have to keep on them because they are testing you at every minute.
If that's the worst thing he does though, you are one lucky person. Just be glad he's not on drugs or hanging out with kids that drink, etc.
mom...you gotta chill.its just a pen..and IF the carpet does get ruin..get him to pay for everything! just calm down!!
Nope I don't see it as a problem, although I would teach him how to clean the carpet in case a pen does leak. Sounds a bit obsessive to me. Frankly you need to learn how to "pick your battles". Do you really thing that in 20 years a pen on the carpet is going to mean that much to you or would you rather have your son and possibly his family come by and visit from time to time? It's your choice.
Really let it go, say something but don't harp
he know es your going to pick them up. its time for him to take responsibility for his own room.
we r just lazy. something might roll off my desk and ill leave it there and ill notice that its there a few days later but i wont pick it up until i need it or if its in my way
I'm 15 and keep my pens in my pocket.Then, after school i take them out and set them somewhere.Its not even a problem.
either have him do home work were there isn't carpet like maybe the kitchen,or put runners down on your carpet.
I'm a parent of a 14-year old, but I thought I'd weigh in on this one.Teenagers are not the greatest for respecting property. I think most of the time they don't realize that they are or could be wrecking things by what they do, or by just being sloppy. I don't think pens on the floor is a big deal, and it probably won't ruin the carpet, but clearly you feel this could be a problem, and you have every right to be concerned. Carpet is expensive. Explain your concern, and let it go. Make it clear that if anything does happen to the carpet, he will be the one cleaning it or making retribution for the damage.
im 14...and why would i leave pens on the ground? Im not lazy. im like a neat freak.
Not all teenagers are lazy, most are but you cant impliy that they all are cause i'm not and never was. If he continue doing you could either confront him or move/take the expensive carpet in which he could get ink from the pens on away.
i have pens, markers, and pencils and who knos wat else on my floor right now and i dont really care b/c no one else sees my room so it dons't really matter how my carpet looks.
Ya and part of the reason i dont pick up stuff is b/c i am lazy so ya my room is always messy and stuff like that cause im lazy and stuff.
I do not appreciate the stereotypes the first guy said about teenagers. Not everyone is going to blow up a bank and is going to get pregnant o on drugs. I happen to be an A student, I'm on student council, I'm involved in multiple after school activities, piano, theory, drama, voice lessons... It's not far to stereotype!
It would be like me saying that all adults are rude, and to be honest a lot of them are. So please don't be against a certain age group or race. You're being racist!
P.S. To the original question... Don't lecture you son, he'll just tune you out... Give him a consequence if he continues to do this.
Wow, you must not have much to do if you are obsessing about pens on carpet. Ever heard of a book called "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff- and it's all small stuff"??
Tear out the carpet if you are that worried or by a cheap rug to put under his desk. 14 year old boys have enough on their minds, they don't need their mom nagging about stupid stuff.
If this is as bad as it gets, you really need to count your blessings. If not, you'll have to pick your battles. If this is one of them find a way to motivate him. Put newspapers or craft paper over his entire floor and tell him he has to keep it there until he learns to pick up his pens. Or take them away and only leave him with pencils. Or nothing to write with at all except at the kitchen table (or place of your choosing).
And don't fret so much about expensive new carpet. You do have it to live on. Generally speaking pens don't burst much around here and I homeschool 3 so we have alot of them laying around at various times during school each day. Then, they can't go out til its all picked up. And if they don't clean it up they can just sit there, no tv, no video games, whatever. Good luck
Oh my god no wonder us teens rebel against their parents! my first impression was you're being a nitpicker... but anyway...
Answers to all your questions:
1) That's right, you are going crazy over one little thing. Notice the little is not in inverted commas here because that's exactly what it is. LITTLE!! Jeez it's a couple of pens on some carpet! If the pens don't have caps on them just pick em up and chuck them in the bin!
2) Tell your son to get off his a*ss if he can't keep his stationery tidy.
3) No I don't leave pens on my carpet, partly because my room is tiled, but also because I have a pencilcase. Maybe you should buy your son one? That way if the pens leak it will not be your problem.
4) I don't see it as a problem, but it's not hard to keep pens tidy.
5) How I would handle it if I were you: I'd buy him a pencil case and make him clean the carpet or pay for damages if any pens leak at ANY time during the future.
Your son will hate you if you keep doing this. It is bad enough being 14 (at least i think so) but having someone constantly tell you not to leave your pens on the floor is just annoying. So what if the carpet gets damaged? Its not the end of the world
yeah my mom gets on my case for it all the time. but hey its a good thing... lol i dont wanna have to pay to have the carpet cleaned or even replaced... you're doing the right thing just dont ground him from anything like my mom does to me... thats just stupid... i dont go Oh hey... i should put this pen on the floor just so i can get in trouble. it usually tends to fall off my desk and i really dont thing about it after that lol
My mom does the same exact thing and I get so angry its such a trivial thing to do I am 15 and I just want to say at least I'm doing my homework but ummm it really pisses me off and I could see that my mother has a problem with it because my dog is attracted to ink pens and chews them up and once got ink all over the carpet so she has a right to get pissed lol
Most teenagers are just lazy like that. Hes probably saying " whats the big deal?" I dont think you should dwell on it. If it really bothers you maybe you should pull the carpet up. Or if it does get damaged, make him clean it until it meets your liking.
its a pen.yes annoying,all teenagers are,i have 4 teenagers myself.and yes,its the little things that they do that makes me cross 2.but at the end of the day it isn't alcohol,cigarettes,drugs or unprotected sex.so consider yourself lucky
i leave my pens on the floor all the time and nothing happens so yeah theres really nothing to worry about unless they brake and what not you want to solve it all you have too do is take them away.
Duh! Ask him to pick them up.
im sure that he will pick the pens up.. Dont wrry pens rarely leak. Why do u go into his room?
Without reading the other answers, I know people are going to say "if this is the only problem you have with a 14-year old." They are right. This is the most minor "rebellion," if that is what it is that I have heard from a parent. The carpet around his desk may get stained a bit but that is nothing compared to the damage that will be done if you make a big deal of this "little" thing. And that is what it is. First off, you can get any number of plastic or cheap carpeted or area rugs to give the "expensive" rug a fighting chance. Kids like this are often klutz' in other areas, such as a messy room simply because at this age they don't see order as important. Being too picky on the "small" stuff means you have to ratchet up to monster when he does something "big."
im 14 but heres what im always told if i dont have them pick up in a certain amount of time they will be thrown away and if u dont want to do that tell him that they will be thrown away and hide them
Yeah i leave my pens on the floor nothing happens dont worry about it. The only damagae on my carpet (but its a very dark carpet so its not very noticeable) are burn marks because i smoke and i drop the blunt sometimes...But dont worry pens dont do nothing.
Um wow I'm 14 it's just a pen I'm very messy naturally in fact my whole room is a mess I drop something and don't bother to pick it up.It's not really a problem adults always spazz out about the stupidest tiniest things ever.If I were a mom and my kid was dropping pens I wouldn't care .
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