![]() ![]() So if the mess is kept small, and easy to clean up in a few minutes, it’s less likely that mom will have to go and pick it all up after the kids go to bed. They seem to have a very short time limit that they will clean. But if we take a few minutes after playing to pick up the messes, it doesn’t feel overwhelming – especially to the kids. And if I don’t keep tabs on it, it can get completely out of control. And I don’t go behind her and fix it, as much as I want to sometimes.ģ – Clean up often, and clean it up right the first time. But as long as she tries, that’s all I ask. And she likes making her bed, but she’s not very good at it. Easton – can you put all of the books on the bookshelf? Abbi – let me see you make your bed! If they have a task, they are a lot more likely to do what I’m asking, and actually enjoy doing it!!Ģ – Don’t expect perfection. I have to go in with them and tell them exactly what I want them to do. I can’t just tell the kids to go to their room and clean it up. Even though my kids are young, I have found a few tricks that help.ġ – Be specific. And I will be the first to admit that I have felt like I would have a breakdown if I had to “remind” the kids one more time to pick up their things. With a 5 year old, 3 year old and almost 16 month old, things can get messy. The only thing that comes from mom always having to pick up the messes is a grumpy, tired mom!! But I have learned that it’s not as easy as just telling a 5 year old to go and clean her room. I want to raise my children knowing that cleaning up their messes is part of what we have to do. We never had allowances or chores that were written out, but we were expected to help around the house – especially by cleaning up our own messes. Instead, it was like we were starting from the beginning because nothing had been put away. She told us that if we would have just put everything away the first time, we would already be done. And then she said something that has stuck with me from that moment. ![]() She came in, checked the closet, and then went and looked under the bed. Again, we told our mom that we were finished. We thought we were tricky, and took everything out of the closet, only to stuff it under the bed. So we were told once again that we needed to clean our room. Of course, she went to the closet and opened the door and discovered what we had done. We told my mom that we were done, and she came in to check. We proceeded to stuff everything into the closet. I remember once, my mom told my me and my sister (who I shared a room with), that we needed to clean our room. #Tidy up song how toOne thing my mom taught me at a young age was how to clean up after myself. ![]()
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