How To Get Your Teenage Kids to Clean Their Rooms (1)

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How To Get Your Teenage Kids to Clean Their Rooms
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• The rest of your home might be as clean as a
  whistle, but when it comes to your teenagers
  room, well, thats a whole other story!
• Teenagers are renowned for not exactly being
  enthusiastic about keeping their rooms (or
  themselves!) clean and tidy, and trying to
  encourage them to take more responsibility for
  their space in the home, can be a bit like
  pulling teeth. However, there are a few ways to
  get them onboard that shouldnt involve too much
  complaining, check out the following tips

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• Before you begin, there are 3 important things
  that your teen must learn to do
• Keep the floor space free of obstacles/junk
• Dirty dishes must be taken to the kitchen (and
  ideally washed!)
• Dirty clothes and wet towels must be stored
  appropriately
• Failure to do at least these three things could
  present a very real health hazard, so try as hard
  as you can to get your teenager to abide by the
  simple rules.

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• Once youve got them to understand the importance
  of the above, you can move on to getting them to
  clean and tidy their space in the following ways
• Give them a helping start
• Grab a container for trash, or anything that
  needs to be transported to the kitchen and place
  it in the center of their room. Then, do the same
  with the laundry basket, and place the vacuum
  cleaner and a small selection of cleaning
  supplies (microfiber cloth, surface spray etc.)
  next to it.

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• Allocate a day and time to cleaning their room
• Now it has to be a day and time that they agree
  to, otherwise the job is simply never going to
  get done. So, try to take their schedule into
  account when arranging a day and time, but also
  make them appreciate that youre busy, too, and
  that all adults have to make time for cleaning
  thats just life! Make sure they have ample time
  to get the job done properly, and allow them to
  play their favorite music while they do it.

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• Let them have a little control
• Their room is their space, but that room is
  inside your home, and its important that you try
  to get them to respect that fact. Once youve
  established this, step back and let them have a
  little control over their actions.
• Be respectful of their right to privacy
• Your teenager does deserve to have a private
  space, and to the largest extent possible, try to
  give them the benefit of the doubt and let them
  keep it clean and tidy without interfering or
  nagging too much.

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• Set a good example
• How can you expect your teenager to keep their
  space clean and tidy, if you dont do the same
  with the rest of the home? Show them what your
  standards are, and hopefully theyll be inspired
  to exhibit the same.
• If all else fails, bring in the professionals!
• Sometimes, its easier and less stressful to just
  face facts, and if your teenager simply refuses
  to keep their room clean, bringing in a cleaning
  professional to do the job as often as is needed,
  might make sense.

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• For teenagers who refuse to clean, dont get
  caught up in endless arguments, simply hire a
  cleaner and who knows, when theyre a little
  older and have kids of their own, they might
  appreciate the struggle you went through with
  them!
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