How long do your kids keep their rooms clean?

My boys are 8 and 9 and it takes an act of congress to get them to keep their room clean. They share a room and can't even keep it up. Drives me crazy! LOL! So, no, your not the only one out here. I've done the game thing, the yelling thing, nothing works. I finally went on strike and refused to go in and clean it, which is what i always end up doing. They are better about it now because if they don't clean it they don't find anything they want. Makes life so much easier to not stress over it so much. I really think it's the age. They want to act older, but they don't really want any responisibilities that come with growing up. Kind of aggravating, but i'm sure it has to get better. LOL! God bless and keep us posted on how things turn out with the whole room cleaning process and if you come up with another way that works, let me know.

You are not alone lol..... I have an endless battle with my 8 year old to keep his room clean. When he does clean it, it doesnt stay that way for long. I think they only want to clean it so that they can have fun messing it up again!!! :-)

I don't know if im right or just lucked out here. I also am a clean freak. I have raised 4 girls alone. Let me tell you , girls are the worst slobs. I gave up on their rooms. It was their private space. I did put my put down on the rest of the house. that space was "ours" and we all had to contribute to keep it clean. If they wanted to live in a sloppy and dirty atmosphere that was thier choice. I did not have to spend time in their bedrooms nor did my guests. I did however put my foot down in commom areas of the house. I did not run around picking up after them like a martyr. They perhaps did not care what our living room looked like as I did. If they left candy wrappers etc around....I would pick them up and I would deposit them in the offenders room. I had a basket for eadh bedroom. when I cleaned the livingroom and kitchen, all clothes, dishes and garbage not taken care of went into the basket and dropped off into the proper room their rooms are their private space...let them be slobs if they choose but don't let it spill out.

My children are 12 (girl) at 8 and 6 (boys) They all clean their own rooms every day or else they don't get a chore mark for it. So they are pretty good with doing it. But every now and then it can get a bit messy and I will help them out a bot to reorganize everything. It basically gets messy everyday but cleaned everyday. LOL

hi there jenseyedea yes well i cleaned there rooms yesterday my sons and my daughters room and i told them i wont be doing it anymore cause they leave there socks and clothes all over the room next time i wont to it they will cause it nice yesterday the next day messy again thanks for this discussion and happy postings

My son is 2 1/2 and likes to leave his toys lieing around. Sometimes he helps to pick everything up and other times it's like trying to get water out of a rock. Some days I'll tidy up and within 10 minutes or so he'll have messed it all up again. So to try and get him to help tidy up I've started playing a game I used to play with my nieces when they were younger. You time how long it takes for them to put everything away and then next time they have to try and beat the previous time. Because my son is so little and doesn't understand time yet we play the game quicker quicker which means we have to ut everything away as quick as possible. He loves it.

I am extreamely lucky enough to have a play room. My children have there bedrooms with LIMITED toys in it. They each have one small toy box in there rooms if they can fit it in there at the end of each day they can keep that toy in there room. otherwise it goes in the play room. There play room is in the attic. It is a full size finished room and decorated just for them. They painted and have every thing in the world in there. I do not care what it looks like because it is just there room. Company doesn't normally go up there and if they do they understand the mess because they are just kids. Before bed every night they have to clean up what is in there rooms. Putting every thing back in the toy box. And as I said its not too much. It works for us. My parents did this thing called "room inspection" you HAVE to be consitent for this to work! Every so often they would come in my room if it was clean I got a dollar if not then they went in with garbage bags! After it was all put in bags I was told keep my room clean ... yeah yeah well the next time they came in my room if it was clean I would get a garbage bag back. If not then they would fill up another. It worked for me as a teenager. Good luck hope these help

I have 2 kids the oldest is 2 and the little one will be 6 months on the 30th so she isn't into everything yet but shes getting there. My 2 year old as soon as you go clean up her room and yes I make her help she always seems to go in there and make a bigger mess then what we just cleaned up. Sometimes it drives me crazy that my house gets turned upside down as soon as its clean. The best way is that I clean it up when they are sleeping then it stays clean for a bit longer. I've learned to relax a bit at least they are not tearing up the house. My aunt makes her kids close their bedroom door to hide their mess and they are teenagers so I guess it never ends the older they get. My other aunt is always fusing at her daughter who is 11 to clean her room. Good luck hope you figure out a way to keep their rooms clean and if you do let me know b/c I have 2 girls and I know their room will always be a mess.

Hello jenseyedea. I am not a mother yet. I am still a 'kid'. If I clean my room I take two(2) hours to clean up all the things. I just make it when I see my room is totally messy. I often clean my room once in two(2) week. I think its a bad habit but I still a 'kid'.lol! HAPPY LUCKY. **prettyhanan**

half a day lol