Your Childhood????
Mine - My mother - never cleaned the house.

It is terrible growing up in a cluttered mess.I could never have friends over. The embrassment is endless. I would always have my friends pick me up at the lady I babysat for across the street. The stacks and stacks of things - it was terrible. She was a stay at home Mom - who did not clean! When we were old enough to clean - she would have a fit if we moved "her things" -
I still have hard feelings about this. My children have never been to my Mother's house( she lives 5 minutes away) because she does not clean her home. She keeps stacks of things. Will not get rid of things. It has deeply affected my relationship with her.