2006-10-11 08:47:56 · 25 answers · asked by curly sue :) 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
ITS NOT FUN and it means they have to do something
2006-10-11 08:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by KeKe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they are not cleaning their room when asked to then you are not enforcing your rules nor are you demanding the respect as a mother you deserve.I tell my 22 month old to clean his toys up and he does.But my other kids is older and has been taught what is on the floor when they go to bed or out to play will go in the garbage.No reason why a child 5yr old or older can not keep their room clean without being told to do so.
2006-10-11 09:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by darlene100568 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never did when I was a kid. I'd put it all in the closet and shut the door, and under the bed and pull the blankets down...WHEEE!
Don't know how old your kids are, but if theyre young, you can make cleaning the room/putting toys away a game. If theyre older, or teens, then the "throw everything away and I mean it" comes into play. But ya gotta follow thru.
My parents eventually learned to just keep the door shut and don't go in there!
2006-10-11 08:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Munya Says: DUH! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you feel like you're running a hotel from your home with constant cooking, cleaning and laundry, teach your teenager to help with the responsibility of maintaining a house.
Make a list of chores that need to be done in your house. Include jobs such as taking out the garbage, doing laundry, cooking meals and doing yard work. Include rooms and areas that require regular cleaning such as the garage and car, bedrooms, and family areas. Rewrite the list on a large permanent sheet for all family members to see.
Divide the list evenly with all participating family members present. Make slips of paper with chores on them and let each family member choose a chore. Discuss the chores and provide solutions for sharing duties that are undesirable such as taking out the garbage, bathing a pet or cleaning bathrooms.
Create rewards for doing chores and consequences for not doing them. Decide as a group how chores will be scored and how rewards and consequences will be distributed. Parents as well as children should have consequences.
Meet as a family once a week for the first month using the chore chart. Praise your children for completing chores. Make any changes in chores that are not getting done and rotate undesirable chores.
2006-10-11 08:53:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I ask my 6 year old to clean, I either stay in there and help instruct as to what that means or I come back every once in a while to make sure she is doing it right. If she is not cleaning right then I start to clean. When I clean, a lot of her stuff get 'put away'. Which means she has to earn them back. (I don't take things she is strongly attached to, just little stuff). This seems to work well.
Be strong. This should work with any age.
Man, some of you people are just mean and not helpful at all. Easy to judge, I guess.
2006-10-11 08:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by RJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did this for my son, and it labored. He became given a days warning that he needed to bathe his room up, by using that I meant sparkling the floor and the spare mattress in his room. here day I went in with a rubbish bag and each thing that became on the floor and the spare mattress that wouldn't have been there went into the bag. so a ways as he became conscious the bag went out with the garbage, in actuality it went into the lower back of the storage and stayed there for a month. i've got not had too lots of a situation on the grounds that (he's now 11) each and every now and then he pushes the bounds yet an empty rubbish left outdoors his mattress room door looks to do the trick.
2016-11-27 22:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by manger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because they'd rather be on the computer, like you are. Kids learn from what they see. Try to make it fun. Help them out a bit, get them started.
2006-10-11 08:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by mulldacity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because kids are conditioned at a very young age, you cant just expect a kid to clean their room if they have not been taught how to at a young age,
spend some time, train them
2006-10-11 08:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by rich2481 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no discipline they don't. On the rare times this happened in my house my kids have found themselves having a close encounter with my paddle.
2006-10-11 20:07:45 · answer #9 · answered by beckychr007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont have any problem getting my son to pick up after himself, but I've learned not to say "Clean your room". He doesnt know where to start that way. We break it down...pick up the laundry, put away the toys, make your bed, etc......
2006-10-11 16:59:46 · answer #10 · answered by Budgers mom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality.
They must not have any real consequences that they know will really happen.
Have you wanted to be more of a friend than a parent? real parents follow through with consequences. This best prepares them for reality.
2006-10-11 08:52:05 · answer #11 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋