please please tell me how in the world can i get mykids the maintain their rooms clean. they are a huge mess.
any tips? please!! thank you (:
Quoting darci16:
How old are they? If they are younger you may have to help them learn/teach them how to, you can't just tell them go clean your room, because they may not know how too. And once you have shown/helped them they will know how too, and they will know what you expect from them. I like some of the other mom's idea's about storage/organization and purging. My ds is 10 and every now and then I have to remind him, my thing is the socks, I find them everywhere, lol.
What is it with boys and socks?
The boys and socks thing also applys to husbands lol. Their both bad in this house.
Where the cleaning is concerned giving them a little to do at a time is a good thing to do. Too much is overwhelming. I also agree with switching toys out every so often.
Quoting MamaJane:
Quoting darci16:
How old are they? If they are younger you may have to help them learn/teach them how to, you can't just tell them go clean your room, because they may not know how too. And once you have shown/helped them they will know how too, and they will know what you expect from them. I like some of the other mom's idea's about storage/organization and purging. My ds is 10 and every now and then I have to remind him, my thing is the socks, I find them everywhere, lol.
What is it with boys and socks?
You are so right! Last week I picked up a pair of hubby's from in the bushes around my deck. Really? LOL
Quoting smile357:
The boys and socks thing also applys to husbands lol. Their both bad in this house.
Where the cleaning is concerned giving them a little to do at a time is a good thing to do. Too much is overwhelming. I also agree with switching toys out every so often.
Quoting MamaJane:
Quoting darci16:
How old are they? If they are younger you may have to help them learn/teach them how to, you can't just tell them go clean your room, because they may not know how too. And once you have shown/helped them they will know how too, and they will know what you expect from them. I like some of the other mom's idea's about storage/organization and purging. My ds is 10 and every now and then I have to remind him, my thing is the socks, I find them everywhere, lol.
What is it with boys and socks?
That one's way too funny. I think the worse here was when they went fishing somewhere he knew there might be trouble and left the socks in the car. I always find interesting things in the car from fishing expeditions.
Quoting MamaJane:You are so right! Last week I picked up a pair of hubby's from in the bushes around my deck. Really? LOL
Quoting smile357:
The boys and socks thing also applys to husbands lol. Their both bad in this house.
Where the cleaning is concerned giving them a little to do at a time is a good thing to do. Too much is overwhelming. I also agree with switching toys out every so often.
Quoting MamaJane:
Quoting darci16:
How old are they? If they are younger you may have to help them learn/teach them how to, you can't just tell them go clean your room, because they may not know how too. And once you have shown/helped them they will know how too, and they will know what you expect from them. I like some of the other mom's idea's about storage/organization and purging. My ds is 10 and every now and then I have to remind him, my thing is the socks, I find them everywhere, lol.
What is it with boys and socks?
I bet. My brother has had some nasty things in his van from fishing...like fish. Yeah my hubby will go outside in his socks and then they'll get wet so he takes them off @@. There was a pair in the garage a week or so ago. I try to ignore it for a while hoping he'll pick 'em up but I always end up doing it.
Quoting smile357:
That one's way too funny. I think the worse here was when they went fishing somewhere he knew there might be trouble and left the socks in the car. I always find interesting things in the car from fishing expeditions.
Quoting MamaJane:
You are so right! Last week I picked up a pair of hubby's from in the bushes around my deck. Really? LOL
Quoting smile357:
The boys and socks thing also applys to husbands lol. Their both bad in this house.
Where the cleaning is concerned giving them a little to do at a time is a good thing to do. Too much is overwhelming. I also agree with switching toys out every so often.
Quoting MamaJane:
Quoting darci16:
How old are they? If they are younger you may have to help them learn/teach them how to, you can't just tell them go clean your room, because they may not know how too. And once you have shown/helped them they will know how too, and they will know what you expect from them. I like some of the other mom's idea's about storage/organization and purging. My ds is 10 and every now and then I have to remind him, my thing is the socks, I find them everywhere, lol.
What is it with boys and socks?
Take out 89% of the stuff.
Seriously: it's like expecting a three year old to be in charge of a general store. They have SO much stuff.
I bet they don't really give a shit about 7/8ths of it.
post pics of their rooms when they're messy that will help along with ages
That kind of thing never worked on me, and it never worked on my kids. A long time after I stopped trying it, I ran across some really interesting research that demonstrated (to the dismay of the researchers) how thoroughly a child can be put off wanting to do something at all, ever, or wanting the reward at all, ever.
Basically, the results were 'if you want this child to not ever want M&Ms OR to clean their rooms, the best way you can create that effect is by rewarding them with M&Ms for cleaning their rooms.'
Quoting AzariahsMother:Reward system
How often do you wash your fly swatter?
- pretty_miranda
on Jul. 21, 2012 at 1:13 AM