5 Tips To Ease Your Kid Into Cleaning Their Room

Raising a child can be a challenge, and it gets even more interesting when parents have to teach them about responsibility and cleanliness. Not every kid takes this sudden change well; imposing cleaning tasks might feel disruptive when all they know is school and playtime.

So, searching for easy ways to introduce your kid to the cleaning routine is normal. Don’t you know where to begin? Here are five tips for teaching your kid to clean their room.

Tip #1. Anticipate cleaning time

A kid won’t appreciate suddenly being taken away from their activities. Before interrupting playtime and potentially stressing your child out, give them a friendly reminder that clean-up time is ahead.

If you need to, talk with your child first and tell them how nice it would be to keep the room clean; even better, tell them they’ll have extra time off once the room is clean. Communication is crucial and might save you some unpleasant temper tantrums.

Tip #2. Help them out first

You won’t believe how much a little training will help your child. So, during the first couple of times, you can do the task while the kid observes and learns. Also, teaming up with your kid and doing the chore together is a good way of teaching, as holding their hand during this new experience will give them confidence. Just make sure to know when to step aside and let them continue by themselves.

Tip #3. Make the task as specific as you can

When your child is ready to tackle cleaning, don’t just give an order. Tasks like “clean the room” aren’t enough to convey everything you want the child to do. It would be better to be very specific with the instructions. 

Knowing where things go and how to do it is essential so they can relate to and understand what to expect when doing chores. Here are a couple of examples: 

• “Please pick up the food wrappers and toss them in the trash can.”
• “Grab your dirty laundry and toss it inside the laundry basket over there.”

Tip #4. Keep them motivated

A supportive parent during chores is precious. Once you are just watching how they do the cleaning around their room, cheer them on and reinforce their confidence. Your child will be less stressed and keep their motivation while cleaning just to make you proud.

Tip #5. Don’t give up!

Teaching these essential things to your children isn’t exactly a walk in the park, so you should expect some bumps along the road. Remember to be constant and never throw in the towel. Also, keep your expectations reasonable and never lose patience; your child is still learning!

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