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Kids and room cleaning?

Any suggestions on getting my 6 and 3 year old boys to clean their room. I have given them time limits to get it done and even gone in there with a trash bag and put stuff in it. At this point I am ready to take every single thing out of their room. Any ideas?

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1. My idea is a first let them keep their room as messy as they want but say no one else can go in it except them ie. basically no friends, family. ect. If this doesn't work I suggest marching them right in there and just ask them why they aren't cleaning it. Talk to them about all the bacteria that could be in their room and how they can get sick from it. Hope this helped.
2. Leave it until they are a little older. My mother started getting me to do it when I was around 8. Since then I must hate cleaned it about 1nce, Im a lot older now aswell!
3. Work on what my mom did with me and my brother 1st she showed us how to do it right. Then she gave stickers for keeping the room clean and cleaning the room. So many stickers we got do something special like go to the park and if we did not clean we got something taken away from us. Also when they get new clothes of toys take 1 one thing out when they out grown or dont play with anymore. Also have them do little thing during the week. For example everyday they make the bed. Monday dust the room Tuesday clean the closet and under the bed Wednesday pick up and so on For the 3 year make into a game like how many things can he pick up in 5 minutes. Bins with picture on them can help Like for toys cars take polorid of a toy car stick on the bin and show him thats where the toy cars go and so on
4. My suggestion would be is to give rewards and sometimes it takes mom to give them a boost. I sometimes go in and show them this goes here and that goes there. Now you do it and make a game of it. They work alot harder that way. We have a rewards chart and after so many stars then they get to dig out of a treasure box. Small toys for them. I buy the party packs in the party section. They are cheap and fun for them. Hope this helps.
5. My son is 2 and puts all of his toys away before nap and bedtime. he knows where everything goes and how to do it "right" as someone else said. he puts his plate in the kitchen after dinner and his clothes in the laundry when he gets dressed. do not leave it until they are older because they need to learn. it is an acceptable chore for their age. start by having them put clothes in the laundry when they take them off. tell them...go put x away on y shelf. guide them through it until they can just put things away without help. I think that starting early is wonderful but if that is not an option and taking things away does not help, i have heard that someone did this...though its kind of a lot of work. she put everything in her room in correct bins and locked the door. the children had to ask for specific toys and put it away when before they could get the next toy they asked for. each day they would get to keep one toy in their room to play with but if the room did not get cleaned at the end of the night they started back at base one. they learned quickly. its just a simple chore, and children have to be taught that they have a role in the house and the cleaning process. also give lots of praise when they do it and offer to help sometimes, but not every time (especially if youve been playing with them and helped make the mess) and show them how fast and fun it can be done. tell them though that you cant help every time because youre busy doing your own chores like cleaning their dishes and doing the laundry for the whole house. they also may be testing limits because they see its making you upset. try doing everything very matter of factly showing no hint of being mad and giving no apologies for taking things away. tell them the terms of the punishment and do not falter. this is good for all fits and things when kids dont want to listen in my opinion, luckily my kid cleans up (but unluckily he wakes up at night, so we all have our problems) good luck!