Dear Queenie,
I’m in high school and my mother is always nagging because my room is messy.
She doesn’t care about the rest of the house which isn’t exactly neat, only about my room, but if I say anything to her about it she gets mad.
Queenie, what’s wrong with her?—Fed up
Dear Fed up,
Your mother wants you to learn to keep your room, and when you are an adult your home, as clean and neat as possible. If, as you say, she does not do such a good job of housekeeping she may simply be overwhelmed, and she probably wants you to learn to do better than she does.
Maybe in addition to keeping your own room neat, you could give her some help with the rest of the house.
