My boys? (aged 6 and 5) bedroom is a revolting tip and I have run out of ideas for how to make them take better care of it ? I?ve tried helpful Mummy, very firm but calm Mummy, raging wildebeest Mummy etc etc.
Most of the mess is paper and pens (I let them do drawing in their room when our kitchen was out of action, and the habit has stuck). I have moved all the paper and pens downstairs out of reach so I can prevent them throwing a piece of paper on the floor after 2 seconds.
Apart from that, they read the books, DS1 reads his football magazines and plays with Star Wars figures. DS2 generally plays with funny bits and pieces rather than ?proper? toys. So I am very tempted to get rid of most of the toys, in particular:
Those rather complex Lego models - they are fun to assemble but if they try to play with them, bits fall off and get lost.
Playmobil stuff, ditto. We had a great time building it but when they tried to play with it they got all frustrated as bits fell off and got lost.
Little plastic soldiers
Magic set
Keep: fisher price toys (castle, pirate ship)
Keep a box of pirates, knights, dragons etc
Keep dinosaurs on a high shelf for when either of them is in dinosaur mode (comes and goes!)
Keep a small box of cars.
Keep dressing up things, but clear out the crap.
Any advice/suggestions? The chaos is driving me crazy. How do other people teach their children to take care of their rooms and possessions?
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mrsdarcy · 16/07/2006 21:04
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