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Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

By Phillip WarePublished 5 years ago 6 min read

In the eyes of many parents, if the children’s room is always messy, the parents will think that the children are lazy, and sometimes they will often talk about them.

For children, they may feel that the room is not messy, or be criticized by their parents before they can clean up, which will undoubtedly make them feel wronged.

Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

Parents feel that the corresponding objects should be placed in the corresponding position, so that they can be easily found when they are used, and they look neater. For children, cleanliness in their eyes may be different from that of adults.

In this regard, some psychologists gave their views and analyzed the children's psychological behavior.

Research shows [Children with messy rooms have better creative ability]

Previously, psychologists conducted experiments on dozens of students and arranged them in two rooms. One room is more tidy and the other room is more cluttered.

After that, the students were brought together to enumerate the usage of table tennis. The students in two different rooms gave different results. The students in the cluttered room scored higher, which can show that their creative ability is better. This easily reminds us of some successful people whose desks are usually very cluttered.

Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

The reason for this is that children in chaotic rooms have these abilities beyond the imagination of their parents?

Dare to break the rules

Parents have warned their children from an early age to tidy up their own rooms. After getting up every day, fold the quilt habitually. The more obedient children insist on folding the quilt every day. Even if they are late for school sometimes, they will fold the quilt in a hurry before going out.

These children are very rule-abiding and are good children in the eyes of their parents. And those children with messy rooms dare to break these rules and even justify their actions. They have their own ideas. Whether it is from the perspective of comfort or convenience, they are trying to break the rules. Such children are more innovative in doing things.

Informal

There was a saying before, how can you sweep the world without sweeping a house. This tells us that if we want to accomplish great things, we have to do every little thing well.

As for children, they have their own views on the housekeeping. Some children will put the objects in their original positions, while some children will arrange the used objects according to their own thinking. In their perception, it is enough to arrange the items neatly, why bother to put them in the same place? This kind of informal character makes it easier to develop a tolerant character, which is very helpful to the child's life development.

Excellent creativity

Children with messy rooms, whether boys or girls, are more creative. The room is messy, which can prove that the children have their own ideas, and sometimes they are unwilling to arrange things according to their parents.

They feel that it is more beautiful to arrange items according to their own thinking. Although the parents still find it messy, the children do have their own ideas and creative abilities. Compared to those "obedient" children, children with messy rooms are better in creativity and thinking, and they are also one of the more distinctive abilities.

Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

Of course, the children’s room is cluttered, and it may also be these bad habits!

▼Poor self-discipline

Some children's rooms are messier than that, purely because of laziness, which is the so-called poor self-discipline. If the room is always dirty, it will inevitably affect the health of the children, and it is easy for them to develop irregular living habits.

Parents must have a clear direction when dealing with their children in order to guide the children accordingly. For children with poor restraint, parents must actively supervise and discipline them to help them develop good living habits.

▼Easier to commit sabotage

Children who live in a messy room for a long time are more likely to be irritable, and they are more likely to lose control and make some destructive actions. This is also mentioned in criminology, if people's bad behaviors in the environment are not restricted, it may cause others to imitate and cause serious consequences.

Those children who often live in messy rooms are often criticized by their parents and are more emotionally extreme. Of course, this situation is a small probability event, but parents cannot ignore it either.

▼May break through the moral bottom line

The children’s room has been messy for a long time, which may mean that their lives are out of order. Although the parents will supervise them, if the parents cannot supervise them, the children's room will be extremely messy.

Children have long lived in a disorderly environment. When they encounter constraints and restrictions, they are more likely to conflict with others and even break through the moral bottom line. Compared with those "obedient" children, children with long-term messy rooms do not have much concept of order. When they appear in an orderly environment, they may be out of place and be prone to aggressive behavior.

Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

The child's room is messy, how should parents guide it?

☀Parents are role models

If you see that your child's room is very messy, parents shouldn't order them to do it. Although the room is soiled by children, they don't like parents asking them to do things in a commanding tone.

Parents should invite their children to do it together, tidy up the room together and tidy up the messy items. When children see their parents doing tidying up with themselves, they will have a sense of balance in their hearts. Naturally, they will not tidy up the room with emotions, and will develop good tidying habits over time.

☀ Give clear instructions

When tidying up the room, what parents need to tell their children is actually very simple, such as: go and tidy up the bed. Instead of saying that the quilt must be neatly folded, the pillow must be placed on the quilt. What parents convey to their children is to make the bed, and the child will make the bed according to their own understanding. If you have to put the pillow on the quilt, it will make the child feel resistant, and even ask yourself, why do you have to do this?

This will make the child feel that it is complicated to clean up the bed, and naturally he is reluctant to clean up the bed. But the mother only gave one instruction, and the child went to clean up immediately, so that he could establish his own order, and would feel that the matter would be solved better, so he would naturally be more willing to clean up the room.

☀Help children to classify

Whether it's toys or clothing, they all have a corresponding storage space. When parents and children organize the room together, they can tell them where the corresponding items should be placed. This classification is for the convenience of later use, rather than the classification of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the cup must be facing the head of the bed.

This will allow children to have their own thinking and find things more troublesome. But if it's just a rough classification, children are more willing to do it.

Psychologist: Whether boys or girls, the messier the room is, it may be the performance of these 3 abilities

The child’s room is messy. Whether it is a boy or a girl, it may prove that they have the above three abilities; at the same time, they may also have the above three bad habits. As parents, we must guide our children according to their situation, and don’t interfere when they shouldn’t, so that children can grow up healthily and give full play to their abilities.

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