How to Get your child to clean their bedroom

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.
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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.

<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>

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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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

Ever wonder why your kids wonn't clean their rooms when asked? Maybe they don't know how. Download my printable to teach children how to clean their rooms.

Right now many of you are de-cluttering your children's room as a part of our 91 Day De-Clutter Challenge. While we are working in our children's spaces this week and next, I am reminded of a topic...