Shared room cleaning?

Question

My kids are 5 and 8 and share a room. Should I have them work together to clean it or should they each have seperate room tidying responsibilties? Any success stories?

Answer 1

I have my kids make a game of it. We made this "game board" has enough colors on it for all items in the room, (red= clothes, blue=toys, green=stuffed animals, etc,) they roll a dice and spin the spinner and have to pick up 1 stuffed animal or 3 pieces of clothing, etc. They LOVE cleaning their rooms now! (believe it or not! They help each other do each others rooms!)

Answer 2

Both of your kids are old enough to know which toys and clothes are theirs. They should clean up their own belongings. They are also old enough to tidy up their beds, even if they can't make the bed.

If there is a toy that they argue over - meaning, who does this toy belong to and who should pick it up - then, I would say that any toy they argue about picking up is mine for the next week. This has actually worked with the two little girls I spent 10 years caring for and will work for your kids too, if you stand by it. After a few toys are taken because of arguing, they will quickly learn that it's better to work together than to argue, and better to work things out with each other than run to mom every time.

Answer 3

Have them both get in and get the job done. If one child refuses to clean while the other one is, then let the child that has done their share of it leave and make the other child continue until it is done. My 6 and 8 yr old boys share their room and that is the way we do it. Neither of them want to do it alone so they both have learned to get it done together.

Answer 4

my aunt and her 3 kids lived with my mom and me for awhile so i had to share a room with my cousin. our room was aways a mess. what i mean by that is there was a path to the bed and the tv. my mom kept telling us that if we didn't pick it up then she was going to throw it all away. so one day when we got home from school our room was clean. she really did it. she did eventually give back the things she thought we needed. after that i kept my things picked up and my cousin still didn't care, she kept dirty dishes under the bed and everything. when my aunt and cousins moved my mom finally realized all the stuff dirtying my room was my cousin's.
figure out what belongs to who. because i don't want to have to bring a trash bag into the situation i am trying to teach my 2 sons how to put things away before they get something els out. it's working they clean their toy room twice a day. if that doesn't work make one day a week room clean up day. have your 2 children and yourself go into the room and clean. you supervise of course to keep them on track. this works with my boys because they don't think i'm off doing something more fun and i can help them keep things organized.

Answer 5

Ever heard the phrase "To each his own?" In this particular instance it should definitely apply. They should each be responsible for their own stuff.

However, it may come down to you standing over them and making sure that they're doing their fair share (like the 5 yo isn't making more mess than he's cleaning up, or the 8 yo isn't tearing out he 5yo's stuff to piss him off).

Answer 6

i make my sisters 3boys whom share a room whe they were young to share the responsibilties, except for putting clothes away that part was sep.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

make them do it together or they take turns every other week. Good luck

Answer 9

make them share the work...it will make them closer