He hastily made several trips until he had completely restored the room to its original order, and then came to his daddy's side. I couldn't believe it. I quickly ushered them out of the house before my wife took notice. I know it is never to late to train, but it does get too late to want to be trained. The most successful teaching is done before one year old.
Children are able to do much more much earlier than parents suppose.
Most training is actually untraining. That is, parents wait until a child is conditioned to inappropriate behavior before they commence training, and then they are trying to break bad habits, not form or mold developing habits. We follow the path of least resistance. We tolerate more than we should until emotional pressure motivates us to action. The problem is that at that point our response is a negative one.