how can i get my kids to clean up their room?

Question

my girl s are lazy do i take phone time away or do i beat the hell out of them? help don't know what to do .

Answer 1

try and make it as fun thing start a chart and give them rewards for doing it you really can use positivity to your advantage if they are lazy there has to be some kind of reward that will light a fire under their *** and get them motivated but you do have to keep in mind that a childs room can always be perfectly clean they see clean in a different way them we do

Answer 2

Never, EVER, hurt a child! That's almost as bad as murder! What I would do if I were you, (because I am a kid) tell them they can't have the phone, TV, computer or time with their friends unless their room is clean by the time they want the privlage. When they DO clean their room(s), thank them, and allow them to choose 2 privlages they would like for that day. Ex-If one girl cleaned and the other didn't, the one who cleaned could say, "I want to be aloud the computer for one hour, and television for 1/2 hour" (the time of a show). You can decide if they did the work they needed to, to get those privlages, perhaps you say, "No, you can have the 1/2 hour TV but an hour on the computer is too long, just 1/2 hour on the computer and 1/2 for TV".
For the child who didn't do their room or their share, they aren't aloud TV, computer, phone or time with friends until they clean their room.
If my mom did it to me, I think It would work! My room would be clean all day and all night!

Answer 3

Take the phone away. Then tell them they have an hour to clean their rooms. After that hour, you are comming through with a trash bag and throwing out everything that is still on the floor. They'll get it picked up or you will. A few times losing things and they'll realize you mean business. The best way to keep it clean is for them to clean it daily before bed. If its not clean, they don't do anything the next day until it is.

Answer 4

boys are lazy too! However, I have been able to motivate my son to clean his room. I don't know how old your kids are but the combination between taking away privileges and giving incentives has appeared to work for me. With mine, I have taken away video games and told him no friends can come over until the room is clean. I have also rewarded him by giving him a points chart. When he reached a certain number of points, he is rewarded. ie movies, shopping, having me play video games with him...etc. You do not need to spend a great deal and you can set the points needed. Different points for different chores. If the points don't motivate, then the consequences should. Try the chart first.

Answer 5

VERY VERY EASY. Ask them to clean their rooms. Tell them they have one hour to do it. At the end of that hour send them out side. Go in with a garbage bag and put anything not put away in the bag then either throw in the bin or give to charity depending on what is in it. Next time you ask them to clean their room I bet they will do it. This worked for me. Now all I have to say is "FINE, I will clean your room". They run straight to their rooms and clean. Never had another problem

Answer 6

Take the phone time away, and limit their activities if their behavior continues. My Dad would lecture me for about 3 hours if I didn't clean my room, and it was freakin' torture. It would start with cleaning my room...then he'd make me clean the bathrooms, and then we'd round that out with a chat about responsibility and how that could lead me not getting into college (I was 9 years old mind you, a little early for college talk if you ask me). And the lectures were as boring as I make them sound...it was torture enough for me to keep my room clean for about 4 months at a time.

Answer 7

I would not only ban the use of the telephone, but would dismantle their beds and tell them they were going to sleep on the floor till they had cleaned their whole room spotless. Moreover, I would tell them that if there was any backsliding, their beds would be gone again. If that didn't work, the next thing to go would be computer privileges, and inform them that other things would be disappearing till they straightened up their act.

Answer 8

I have probelms with that myself, I am doing the chart now and it is working. After a week of their chores done I let them go to the Dollar store and get one thing they like. My boys are 10 and 4 but it been working a little. I also have done the trash bag thing, that does work for about a month, then you may have to put your foot down again and redo it yourself.

Answer 9

A friend of mine told her daughter if she didn't clean her room, she was going to sleep in the basement. She didn't clean her room, so my friend and her husband spent a weekend moving all of their daughter's bedroom furniture to the basement! It took about two nights of her sleeping down there, but she now keeps her room clean.

Answer 10

never beat your kids it causes even more trouble try taking something away or get a garbage can and throw away all the things on the floor.