5 Tricks to Make the Kids Clean Their Own Room

Niecy Nash recently joked that she had children precisely because they can help her keep the house clean. 

All kidding aside, don't you hate those parents who moan that their house is a mess because of the kids but never actually require the kids put anything away?

Convincing the kids to clean up means working with them to show them HOW. And then making it easy.

1. Lost Sock Bucket. There will be no lost laundry if you buy them their own hamper, and this one is a shoo-in (or should we say sock-in) for making them hop to it.

2. Bedside Saddle. End the fight over too many books in bed -- and the requisite pile on the floor come morning -- with one place for everything they'll need come nighttime. Feel free to tell them if it's not in the saddle, they can wait until morning.

3. Storage Locker. No more pencils, no more books all over their floor if you take a page out of the high school playbook with a locker with a door. This gives the illusion of privacy, but the lack of a lock means it's still good for teens.

4. Dollhouse Shelves. It's not cleaning up when you're arranging your dollies in their playhouse, or is it? Oh you tricky so and so.

5. Animal Bags. No one can sit down until the stuffed animals are back in the Boon bags, er, bean bags?

Do your kids enjoy cleanup?

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