Cleaning Their Room

[Mirch]

Re: Cleaning Their Room

@Muzna

Mirch…bhai…we did have a “treasure” chest in her room…before it was for toys…then it became for out of season/party shoes…then it became a bottomless pit that we feared would one day explode. Ultimately this approach works great for little ones that need some place to dump toys and items that they don’t regularly need. If I continued to offer this as a solution I’m sure that items for daily/regular use would end up in there and when they are needed she wouldn’t take the time to dig them out.

She does have a hamper in the room. That works well. But there are articles of clothing that don’t need to be washed each time they are worn…like denim and hoodies for example. These are the things that I find hanging on the back of the door and draped across the piano stool. This is what irritates me. It takes only a fraction of a minute longer to hang them up on hangers…why not just do it?

That is why I said couple of treasure chests and yes you can supervise and train her to dump one kind of toys/stuff and the other one for the ones she plays with/uses regularly.

Same thing with clothing. You need to supervise and train her till she gets it right.

Everybody needs training and retraining and refreshers for the things you expect them to learn. Organization is one of them.

Here is a story from Steven Covey on what I am saying:
Philos: Green & Clean

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