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[quote=Anonymous]I"m not anal about it, but clean as you go. Know in your head where everything goes, and put all the pieces right back away. Don't expect the kids to do it, if it's important to you. Put everything up on high shelves and you bring it down, rather than having things accessible. All art supplies are hidden and brought out. Close the door to one room and it's off limits to them. Put some toys in the attic/basement and only have about 10 things accessible at one time. Rotate in "new" toys every week and put something else up. My son is much older now and loves a mess. I let him keep his room as badly as he wants it, but even in his room, I could go put everything back in place in 20 minutes. But since he's a tween and I can tell he's playing imaginative games (eg, superheroes vs. army men), I don't disturb them. [/quote]
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