I have three boys. How do you get them to clean their bedrooms? Serious answers only please.?

Answer 1

This is an issue with all parents but it seems to be worse for boys. Just lay down the law- you dont do anything until your room is clean and passes my inspection. Then follow thru.

Answer 2

We had the same issue with messy bedrooms until we came up with a great solution. One day I spent the entire day "begging" for the rooms to get picked up (I know, who's in charge here?). When it came time for bedtime, of course, they weren' t picked up. So after they fell asleep I went in with garbage bags and cleaned the room myself. EVERYTHING that was on the floor went in including clothes, favorite toys, books. When they woke up they were pleasantly surprised until they started wanting some of their "treasures." After a few days I told them they could have the stuff back, but they had to pay for it. I charged them 25 cents an item. My little misers hated parting with their cash. What's more, after about a month there was stuff they didn't really care enough to pay for so we donated it to a charity. Now that they're teens, we don't have to even ask except on occasion. This works much better when the "toys" are ipods and a favorite pair of jeans and the price goes up to $5.00 an item.
A friend of mine would say, from the doorway, that she was so sorry but she couldn't make it through the mess to give kisses and read bedtime stories. I think this was just as hard on my friend as on the kid! The next day, though, her boy's room was always spotless by bedtime!

Answer 3

i have 4 boys and the rule is simple

i asked them to tidy it once, if its not tidy within an hour then everything on the floor get put in a bin bag and into the loft and they lose whatever it is for a week. they are then grounded till the room is tidy

if this keeps happening then they are grounded over the weekend.

then that weekend turns into weeks and if nessicery months.

good luck, soon they will get tired of not having any toys or being allowed out

grounded also includes no tv or computer by the way

Answer 4

First show them how you want the room cleaned and then tell them to do it. Make sure you always stick with what you say. So when you say "clean your room" and they don't then they know they will be in trouble. Take away their tv time, don't let them go outside, take away their favorite games,etc. Whatever it takes to get them to listen to you. After a while they will see that there is no way around it and they have to keep their room clean.

Answer 5

Arrange a Competition among them and announce a prize for Clean bedroom. Do not dissapoint any of them, Rate them as Best, Better, and Good with a small gift.

Answer 6

When my bro and I were younger, my mom would make us go up to our rooms and she would tell us that we couldn't leave our rooms until they were clean. This meant just that - we weren't allowed to leave them until they were CLEAN. It didn't matter what we were missing - fun, meals, whatever - we had to stay up there until our rooms were clean. If we were up there for more than a couple of hours, my dad would come up, and ask why we had disobeyed our mom and hadn't yet cleaned our rooms. He'd then tell us that if we didn't get our butts in gear and get the job done, he'd punish us. Boy, let me tell you, it only took that happening to me ONCE - I sassed off to my dad about cleaning my room and whammy - leather belt accross the butt! You can bet your bottom dollar that after that, when we were told to clean our rooms, we obeyed and did it quickly and thouroghly. To this day, as an adult, my house is spotless - guess their strategy worked! lol. However, my brother and I both are all the better off for the discipline shown us by our parents - our parents were parents - and they did the best they could by us. I'm glad that they loved us enough and cared about the kind of people that we were going to grow up to be to discipline us - even in the matter of keeping our rooms clean! lol... I'll have to admit, the discipline and tidiness came in REAL handy for my brother and I when we both joined the military - my bro is in the airforce (currently serving in Iraq), and I served in the US Navy.

Answer 7

Okay I have four older brothers and what I seen my mom and dad do was take away anything and everything that they cherish it works more on boys than girls because they have to have something to play with. Oh a good one for my twin brothers were take a day of sports away like make them not go to a game they hated that. I was like taking a life line away from them. I was great to watch too.

Answer 8

Try and make it fun. Have them all go into their room (s) and pick up all of their stuff. Make it a race and whoever gets done first gets something special, or they all get something special if they finish within a certain amount of time. That way its not a chore, but more of a competition with their brothers. Good Luck :)

Answer 9

Rake all of the mess in to the center of the room give them 3 hours to put it up and then bg the rest. Or just go in with a bag and start tossing stuff. I did this with my Girls youwould be amazed at what they could do in that mess heap

Answer 10

Show them what you mean by clean. Then tell them to do it, explaining that there will be consequences if it doesn't get done. The ones who do it get priveleges, the ones who don't, don't. Be very clear on what you expect and then follow through!