Pajamas a mess in drawer?

Question

My son is 7 sometimes he does his own laundry as far as folding it and putting it away, other times I do it and he puts it away, or if he's at school I will put it away.

When he puts his pajamas in his drawer he puts them in there nice but when he goes looking for pajamas at night he tends to leave it a mess. Should I straighten it or just let him deal with it like he likes it?

Answer 1

lol, well i have a 7 year old little girl and the same exact problem, personally i just leave it and about once a month or so i go in and fix her drawers again, she will usually keep it that way for a week or so then mess it up again, but i have recently started making her do it herself so she knows how much of a pain it really is to fix that stuff all the time.  It hasn't helped yet but i have high hopes, good luck!

Answer 2

I would try to correct him and teach him to have patience and get clothes out but you do not want to make that big of a deal out of it. I would be more concerned about stepping on the legos left on the floor in the night :)

Answer 3

I don't even think this is an issue.  Pick your battles..the pajama drawer is pretty unimportant.

Answer 4

I'd help straighten when you have time, but mainly let him deal with it.  My son is five and he gets his own pj's out and does the same.  i found that eventually he can't stand the mess and trys to straighten it up

Answer 5

You should let him deal with it. He is only 7. If it's only his PJ's and not other clothes I wouldn't mess with it. It's responsible of him to put them in the right way and maybe if it doesn't change and you want it to you could tell him to correct it over time.

Answer 6

I don't have kids, but because I am such a neat freak, many of my friends and relatives have forewarned me about things like this. I've been told not to clean up after my kids. It teaches them two things: 1. I can't do it right anyway, so why do it all? 2. Mom will do it, so why should I?

My sister told me that I need to let them try. If they mess up, you can show them a better way to do it, but if you continue to correct them, they will probably give up. I've noticed this with my husband already. I don't like the way he folds towels, they are never neat. But if I go behind him and fix it, he stops helping me, because he knows I'm going to re-do it anyway.

Good luck!