When do boys start to LIKE being clean?

[rufalina]

I dread this day... I swear I am going to be the mother in the shower with the soap, standing over my sons to scare them into washing... Or chasing them round the house with deoderant... I have long conversations with DH about this, to the point where he thinks I am odd ...
Good tips in here though... Filing them away for later!!!

[kawazuki]

oh no what do i have to look forawrd to DS already hates showering well he enjoys being in the water will stand in there for hours if we let him, but actually get him to wash himself properly and brush his teeth propelry no way.

ahhhhhhh dont tell me it gets worse.

its grose after soccer he gets out tells us he washed, we look at his legs still black and caked in mud, his excuse of i didnt see it..

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

my sister has 4 kids, 3 boys (11,9,7) and 1 girl (5) - and the boys are all gross - granted they are bit younger than your DS, but they all have to be told 1000 times to shower, clean nails, teeth etc! her DD is at the opposite end of the scale and cant stand any dirt - so maybe its a boy thing! As for growing out of it, i dunno, my DH is 34 and can still be a feral !

[willow5]

its grose after soccer he gets out tells us he washed, we look at his legs still black and caked in mud, his excuse of i didnt see it..

My DS2 used to do this too! He's much better now.

[Tinks]

I'm glad my son isn't the only one. But more glad that there is hope!

We went out to look at furniture yesterday, I made him shower before hand but when we got to the furniture shop he was touching everything with FILTHY hands! OMG they were black. His nails have an inch of dirt caked under them! I was so embarrassed.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

my brothers were like this... also until they got a girlfriend. I think it helped when i told him he stunk like every day lol.. but i was a mean sister.

[Schmickers]

... I was like this. Then I got a girlfriend, and equated being clean with making out.

I soon started paying attention to my appearance...

I would think for a 12 year old boy, threatening to jump in the shower with him if he comes out and isn't spotless might be a sufficient deterrent. I know I would have been mortified at that age.