Tidying bedrooms

[Whowhatwherewhenwhynow]

What do you all do to encourage your child to keep their bedroom tidy? Im not wanting or expecting my children to have immaculate rooms, however I do want them to keep them in a reasonable state. Tidy enough that the hoover can be done once a week and that there isn’t piles of dirty clothes etc.

I have a 6 and 8 year old. Both kick up fuss about tidying. 6 year old can tidy well when she tries but 8 year old appears to be unable to tell what/where needs tidying(genuinely seems not to see it and I have to point out what is messy).

I sway between thinking I should just leave it and let their rooms be as awful as they want and thinking I should make them di a tidy every evening for 10 minutes to keep on top of it. At the moment I’m leaving it in the week and asking them to tidy at th e weekend- only way it gets done is when I say no screen time until it’s sorted. Really don’t like how we do it currently.

wondering how do you manage keeping your children’s bedrooms ok? Or do you just leave them to it??

Ds(18)'s room isnt immaculate but acceptable.

At that age I tried to instill a tidy as you go along habit.

Laundry/waste bin in room - very important they dont have lids or have swing lids as lifting a lid is way too much effort, but throwing something in is ok.

No food/plates in room. Drinks ok, it helps if they have their own special glass/cup/water bottle that they have to bring back down to refill.

Clean laundry put away with them until they develop the habit themselves, nice time for a chat anyway.

Start getting them to strip their own beds and help to make now.

Everything else try to give it a place to live that is easy to access and put away and reduce any clutter. Lots of hooks and storage shelves work well especially in smaller rooms. The type of storage needed will change as they get older when they will need something for school stuff or makeup/jewelery etc.

Get them into the habit of clearing as going along or with you at the end of day, until it sticks. Drop in comments about how their room is nice/looks good/easy to find things/makes you feel good/keeps thing they value safe from damage/can invite friends etc. Discuss decor that they might like with them so they feel involved in making it a nice space.