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Post by jamiem on Aug 20, 2008 14:02:01 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone has any tips or advice that I can use with my son. He will clean his room today, and tomorrow it will be a wreck again. Then when I ask him to pick up before going to bed, it seems to take for ever. I know that I need to go through his things and remove what he hasn't played with in forever. What are incentives that I can use for him to do this? I want him to be able to do this without me or his dad having to stand over him. I know that is frustrating to him. We have seperate tubs for him to put his toys in. One tub for cars and tracks, one for action figures, one for dinosaurs etc. However, most of the time these get mixed up. He just throws them all together to them up. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by trid on Aug 20, 2008 14:04:56 GMT -5
I found a great place, for myself, as a severe clutter bug. FlyLady.net is a great place. She has a link for kids, and I printed out a few pages where she talks directly to the kids, and tells them how to clean their room so mom and dad will never nag, and they will have their weekends free. flylady.net/images/student_CJ.pdf is the Student Control Journal. Half way through it is a section about 2 pages long that teaches how to clean the bedroom. Once he gets better at that, you can introduce him to a little bit more. Just take "baby steps" as the "FLY-ers" say. |
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Post by jamiem on Aug 20, 2008 14:06:23 GMT -5
thanks! I'll check that out!  |
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Post by jj on Aug 20, 2008 20:03:20 GMT -5
One thing I know some parent do because their kids just have WAY TOO MUCH STUFF is pack away some of their things in storage for a few months. Then bring them back in and remove some different ones. When they are gone for a while and get them back it is like a new toy all over again. And less stuff is always good.
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Post by unicorn on Aug 23, 2008 8:43:28 GMT -5
I checked out the flylady site. It is great! I printed out the student part for my daughter. She has such trouble remembering daily tasks and keeping her room clean. This past week I went through and cleaned and put away stuff she doesn't use all the time. It made a big difference in her room. We have been working on a quick cleanup at night before bed to keep the room nice. So we will see how it goes.
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Post by jill on Aug 24, 2008 9:18:41 GMT -5
I have the same issues here and when she wants a sleep over or is thinking about it I use your room needs to be cleaned. We will be cleaning it today in fact.
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Post by jmb3 on Oct 26, 2008 20:07:10 GMT -5
My son must clean his room on the weekends. Some weekends it takes him all weekend. The rule is no TV or Electronics or Friends unless your room is clean. So it really doesn't hurt me that it takes him so long. It's his time.
The other suggestions my dh uses is to go in with a garbage bag, and anything on the floor goes into it. Sorry, but if it can't be picked up, it must not be important right?
For the older child, it's there room, if they can't find something it's there problem not yours.
We started small and don't nit-pick at first. and slowly work up to the whole room and higher expectations.
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