By Kerkie - 24/01/2018 19:30 - United States - North Kingstown

Today, my 12-year-old stepchild told me he’s been deliberately wetting - and sometimes crapping - the bed because he’s too lazy to get up and knows it’s someone else’s problem to clean up after him. It’s been going on for years. FML
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_ali__cat_ 14

I bet he won't be lazy if he has to wash the sheets himself. He's old enough.

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fayrafox 5

And that is when you start making him get his sheets clean. Show him how, and then make it his responsibility. If his dad disagrees, it is now his responsibility.

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Lobby_Bee 17

That child needs what all children require, punishment.

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nanxi 30

Oh, someone else's problem, is it? Hm, interesting. On another note, 12 sounds like a good age for a kid to start cleaning up after himself :)

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zeffra13 31

Was his doctor aware of this issue? I can’t imagine he wasn’t going to therapy or on meds since that’s not normal for his age, & I find it hard to believe he put up with therapy/meds for years just to not get out of bed. Does he have other issues?

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Madrias 36

And someone's just gotten themselves assigned to laundry duty for the next 6 years, and a guaranteed "Get out of my house" at 18.

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amarie2009 22

Don't clean his bed, it's that simple and rub his nose in it, like a puppy!!

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Rabite 28

Don't do that with puppies. The kid however..

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chillie fries 3

that's pathetic. u should have more control over ur step kid and even if he doesn't respect u for some reason his mother or actual father should be taking care of it. that is unnaceptable. I would be putting a bed in the tub and tell him now he can't b lazy and he needs to pick up his bed every day and get it out of the tub

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rebelwithmouseyhair 18

No first of all it's the father who should be dealing with it not the stepmother

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chillie fries 3

Not if the father isn't in the kids life. if it's only the step parent then it should be him or the mother

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Amber Rutledge 11

What is with kids and parents now a days? my sons 5 and already bribgs his laundry and dishes where they belong, also helps me strip and or make his bed if he has an accident. parents be too leanient on their kids now a days. I had a job at 14 never mind doing my own laundry at 12...

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thatslifeiguess7 16

Time to let him clean it

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Mungolikecandy 19

Get him into therapy. If he will do that at that age he needs help (there is the possibility it is not deliberate and is a psychological issue). Maybe also get him to assist with cleaning up or make him clean up himself.

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