Parenting: The Challenge

As Children get older it can be harder to have them keeping their room clean. What are your options besides just keeping the door closed? Offering rewards in order for them to clean their room will only teach them that will get something for doing something, which won’t help them after they leave home and need to keep their entire house clean. They won’t be getting any rewards for that. What you can try is to have a clean up day where the entire family cleans their rooms. Let them know that their laundry won’t get done for them if they leave their clothes all over the floor, that you will not be picking them up. Enforce a “no food or drink in the bedroom” rule so that they can’t make a mess with it in their room. If they have plans to do something have them clean their room first before going out for fun. Teaching your teen to clean up their room is an important skill to have when moving into adulthood.