I am trying not to do the same thing with my younger children than I did with the oldest – which is, when she was young, I’d let her go play in another room, and I’d spend hours cleaning up the disaster in her bedroom. It was a lot of work then, very time consuming, and now, with two of them and many more activities going on, I don’t have time to dedicate to each room.
So I am constantly telling someone to go clean their room. But with these kids, you need to be more specific. Don’t give them generalizations like that – it’s too broad of an instruction. Instead, be very specific. Like go hang up your hangers.
That worked much better.
Aren’t you the mom that said “I’d rather have happy kids doing arts and crafts then kids with a clean room” ?
And FYI, when I walked by this morning, that kid was doing a semi dressed, semi naked dancing in her room with those headphones on.
Anna, I love your updates! You make me laugh almost everyday and I could swear we are sharing the same brain…. Have a great weekend!
Thanks so much, Lynne! I’m glad I can bring a smile to someone’s face without promising them a trip to Disney World!