u/Fabulous-Spell9797

I’m 17M and my younger brother who is 14 keeps making messes with food, not picking up after himself, and just being a bum in general. He has one F right now and the rest of his grades aren’t very good either.

My parents have been very lax on punishment with him and the most he has gotten was his keyboard taken away as he plays a lot of video games on his pc. This doesn’t really matter as he finds another keyboard and continues to play, and our parents don’t really do anything about it. He’s not a dick or anything, but it’s a huge pain in the ass cleaning up after him. He starts high school in the fall and he needs to mature a bit. I’ve complained to my parents and they never do anything about it.

Any advice?