Reply #71: The thing is, they used to clean up after themselves.

[Xithras]

My daughter seems to be entering her rebellious phase a little early, and my son takes the attitude that if she can do it, he can do it. And yes, I did tell him to clean it up. He screamed and yelled, did a poor job of it, so I made him do it again. When it was stil stciky after the second time, I had to finish it myself.

Typically the punishment for that kind of misbehavior is to get sent to his room for a while, and the punishment is standing in a corner (I'm rather old fashioned, and it's an effective punishment).