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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rule at that age is we have to be able to clean the room. So, for the clothes, they can live on the floor all week if that is how they want it to be, but on cleaning day they need to be in X location. Bed linens have to be changed weekly (or more if needed). Surfaces need to be dustable once a week, etc. If his bedroom wasn't ready for cleaning on cleaning day, then he had to clean it after school before he could do anything else. That happened once.

Rules can be similar when the bathroom is solo use, but when it's shared, they need to be more strict. I had a neat DD and slobby DS who had to share a small bathroom for awhile. I ended up giving him a divided tub with a handle for all his stuff, and then if he left a mess I made him stop what he was doing and go back to clean it EVERY TIME. He started wiping the counter, tub, toilet mess as needed after a couple of weeks of that.

DS had been a very clean and organized person who had all the scaffolding, and did not act like that staying with friends and relatives. Early in the shared bathroom he pretended he didn't know what to do- so I did what I would have done if that were true, had him clean side by side and made a whiteboard. That was the last I heard of not knowing what to do.

TLDR: Let them have lots of control but be very firm on the hard limits and[b] give them some tools/equipment as needed[/b]. [/quote]
trash bag, cleaning wipes, vacuum.[/quote]

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