I have a 10 year old who leaves stuff every where. His room is always a mess then he has the nerve to complain about how long it takes to clean and after he is done I swear the same night he is back to leaving clothes on the floor. He is just LAZY!!!! My daughter is just plain messy. She keeps things picked up and is good about cleaning but she spills constantly. Her shirts are always a mess when she gets home form school(BTW this child is also my clumsy one--I think the 2 must go together. She broke her arm last summer by tripping over her own feet and this Xmas break she tripped over her own feet again and landed on the corner of my hope chest and knocked out her front teeth. I wonder if her feet are too big, LOL). Good Luck on getting him to pick up. I am still working on darling hubby let alone the kidddo's.