A 3,000 - year-old teenage behavior problem

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“Nausikaa, how could your mother have a child so careless?
The shining clothes are lying away uncared for ” --- The Odyssey, approx.

“His desk, the night stand, his computer desk, his dresser. You cannot walk without stepping on clothes, cords for charging things, cologne and body-spray bottles. He does paintball. That stuff is all over.” --- NYT, Oct 12, 2012.