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Equip Your Kids To Clean Up After Themselves
By Lily Morgan
Relax. That loud crash you just heard wasn't the roof falling in; it was your kids opening the closet
door in the playroom. Has the frustration of the never-ending mess led you to settle for stuffing the
clutter into the closet and shutting the door? When you find yourself cleaning up several times each
day, this may seem like a viable solution. If cleaning up after the kids has left you exasperated to the
point where you just want to hide the mess behind the door, maybe you need a new plan of attack.
If your toy storage solution amounts to an intricate mountain of toys precariously stacked out of sight,
how can you reasonably expect the kids to be willing to pick up after themselves? If you have a system
in place that not only makes it possible but fun for kids to clean up themselves, then you might be able
to do away with the unexpected crashes that come from the playroom or your kid's bedrooms. Make it
easy for them to select toys one at a time, and then make it easy for them to put it away.
Get Organized
The main reason why kids won't pick up after themselves, aside from stubbornness, is that they can't.
If they aren't able to get one toy out without pulling out fifty others, then how can you reasonably
expect them to put them away when they are done? Use a system of bins clearly labeled to separate
toys. If the kids can't read yet, then use pictures on the bins to help them remember what goes where.
You can organize toys by type or by whom they be