Betty is his mom, not his friend & she’s not supposed to be. Her job is to teach the children how to get through life with the best chance of survival and success (In that order). Filth & trip hazards where you sleep is not helping with those goals.
A parent teaching a kid to pick up after themselves is not “control”, it’s a parent doing their job. The kid has plenty of time to be a slob when they grow up.
When my kids room got to be more than I could handle AND they refused to do anything about it, I helped.I went in with a large plastic trash bag and started picking up.. all that crap they refused to put away was gone.I could give it back later.
We’re a Republic. Well, we used to be…