How to Get your Kids to Clean their Room

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Tip 1 - Tips for Getting Kids To Clean Their Rooms

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dennis Sims | permalink

It’s a battle that is waged in millions of households across America every Saturday morning. Mom or Dad or both say, perhaps gently the first time, “Okay, guys. It’s time to clean up your rooms.” The kids whine, dawdle, get distracted,...
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Tip 2 - 4 Tips to Help Get Kids to Clean Their Rooms

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by somecallme Tim | permalink

Does your kid refuse to clean their room? Use these four tips to help get kids and teens to clean their rooms and pick up after themselves.
Tags: chores, responsibility, accountability, clean rooms

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Tip 3 - How do I get my daughter to clean up her room and to keep it reasonable? - Parents.com

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jay Shavin | permalink

<p>My daughter is 7.5 years old and destroys her room while playing. She does not clean up or put away her things. I am tired of telling her the same thing everyday. I help her clean up, but her habits do not seem to change. How do I get her to put things away when it is time to stop playing? She leaves her clothes, food wrappers, juice boxes , toys, markers, books, everything on the floor and does not try to put things away in its place. I show her how, but it remains a mess.</p>

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Tip 4 - How to teach your child to clean ANY Bedroom in 10 Minutes (Without Using a Blowtorch)

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Celk | permalink

5 steps! How to teach your child to clean ANY bedroom on their own quickly, thoroughly and effectively? What if we told you it could be done in only ten minutes? The process is simple. Broken down, it’s a five step approach in which the child is making easy decisions between few distinct options.

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Tip 5 - How can I get my kids to clean their rooms? - Positive Parenting Solutions

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by John Schaer | permalink

Our question today is from Marcy, a mom of 3 from Austin, TX and she asks… "How can I get my kids to clean their rooms? I feel like I’m constantly fussi

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Tip 6 - How to Get Your Children to Clean Their Room

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dalila Tsihlakis | permalink

Children's rooms - the place where your feet are met with toy cars, plastic army men, Lego blocks–and those sharp tiaras that always manage to poke up between your toes. Holding your language, at such a moment of pain, can be extremely d...
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Tip 7 - This Room Is a Mess!

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Janet Kovacs | permalink

Get your kids to clean up their act
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Tip 8 - How I Get My Kids to Clean Their Room - Living Well Spending Less®

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by shash 7 | permalink

I haven’t talked about it much but for the past year or so an epic struggle has been waging in the Soukup household. It is Mommy versus Kids in the War of the Tidy Room, and while there are still small battles being fought now and then, I can finally say with confidence that I am winning. I am not exaggerating when I tell you it has been a long and arduous and, at times, downright painful campaign. It has involved tears, threats, bribes, rewards, games, countless trips to the naughty stool, and more reorganizing, reevaluating, relabeling, and retraining than I would care to admit. At one point it even ... read more

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