How to get your kids to keep their room clean.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• a truck-load of patients

1. Ok you've finally got your children to clean their room. Well now you don;t want it to be messy the second you leave now do you? When a child has cleaned their room make sure to compliment them and tell them how proud you are of them. Trust me, it'll mean a lot to them to know that you are proud of them.
2. Check up on it. (I don't mean hang over your kids) but take a peek in the room every once in a while and if it's clean go to your child and tell them. Make sure that they know that you love it that they keep your room clean. A parent's love and acceptance are extremely big factors in a child and teens life (if if the teens won't admit it).
3. If you check the room and it's messy again, don't go and confront your child instantly. Especially if they are a little busy. Eventually they will go into their bedroom right? SO wait untill they are in there, and then you magically notice that their room is messy.
   
   When you do this smile and say something along these lines "cmon let's clean this a little bit I'll help you" always offer to help, so that your child doesn't see you as a slave driver.
4. Don't expect your child to miraculously keep their room clean (trust me it'll get really dirty at times). Teaching your child to keep their room clean is a learning process. So it may take some time for them to get use to it, but if you work at it they'll start keeping it clean themselves.

Tips & Warnings

• Always encourage or child to keep it clean. Don't get angry or yell. If you do they will just resent you and cleaning their room, and will probably just stuff everything under the bed.