| Children and clean are not usually used in | | | | loose cleaning. Your child will race to try |
| the same sentence. Most children love to | | | | and beat the buzzer. |
| play, love to have fun and hate to clean. So | | | | |
| when it comes time to cleaning their bedroom | | | | You can add a small incentive of a prize or a |
| parents are often left holding the bag. | | | | special outing if your child beats the timer. |
| | | | Just remember that the goal is a clean |
| Why not stop the fighting, stop the nagging | | | | bedroom and you do not want to be stuck |
| and make bedroom cleaning time more fun. Try | | | | having to bribe your child with a prize every |
| these three simple tricks and you may find | | | | time you want a clean room. |
| that your child's bedroom is clean more often | | | | |
| than not. | | | | Third Tip/Trick: |
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| First Tip/Trick: | | | | Money, Money, Money. Hide coins around the |
| | | | room in and under items that need to be put |
| Make a photo log of a clean bedroom. Help | | | | away. Then your child has to try and find |
| your child clean the bedroom so that he knows | | | | the coins while the bedroom is getting |
| what a clean bedroom looks like. Then take | | | | cleaned. |
| lots of pictures of the room. You can hang | | | | |
| the photos around your child's bedroom so | | | | Be sure to let your child know that the rule |
| that there is always an easy reference as to | | | | is any item they touch while looking for |
| what clean really means. | | | | money has to be put away where it belongs. |
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| Children will both like taking the pictures | | | | You may find that if you hide enough money |
| and trying to keep the bedroom looking as | | | | for your child to end up with a dollar at the |
| clean as in the photo. This is an easy trick | | | | end of cleaning this is a plus. You can then |
| to a clean child's bedroom. | | | | go to a dollar store and let your child spend |
| | | | the money or make a special savings spot |
| Second Tip/Trick: | | | | where money can be saved for a big purchase |
| | | | down the road. |
| Make it a race against time. Take a kitchen | | | | |
| timer and set the time for someplace between | | | | Just remember when it comes to cleaning a |
| three and ten minutes. Then turn your child | | | | child's bedroom fun is the name of the game. |