Grounded For a Month

When I was a teenager friends would come over and would almost always comment on how clean my bedroom was.  I'm not going to lie and say I have never had a messy room but, for the most part, I like things clean and orderly.  I understand that kids will have messy rooms more often than not but my kids are getting ridiculous. 

This has always been a major source of tension in our home.  In the past, when I'd see their messy rooms, I'd immediately get mad, raise my voice and make everyone in the house miserable.  After a while I realized this wasn't working so I took all of their favorite toys/sporting equipment/electronics and hid them away.  This strategy was also unsuccessful as I realized that not only do they still have messy rooms but they are also incredibly spoiled, so much so that they didn't think getting their toys back was worth cleaning their rooms.  My last attempt was to give them plenty of warning.  On Monday I asked them to have their rooms clean by Friday.  Each day I would ask them how their room looked and remind them patiently that they had to be clean by Friday.  This method resulted in a little success, not perfection, but good enough for me to continue with this strategy.

I typically try to avoid going into the kids' bedrooms (for obvious reasons) but last night I had to.  When I saw the condition of that room I decided I better check the others.  What I saw made me decide my kids are grounded for a month.  Have a look at the pictures and tell me what you'd do if your kids' rooms looked like this.  I'm desperate to find support in making my kids as miserable and remorseful as allowed by law.  There will be suffering, oh yes, there will be suffering.