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Op here, want to start a new mini thread. Does anyone have scripts for asking kids to begin cleaning?

It would be very very very helpful for me to have a set script with follow up scripts for responding to their behavior. [/quote]

OP, my kids are younger so maybe more experienced parents can chime in on whether this keeps working, but we have a little clean up chant that goes with the beginning of putting things away etc.  I think they do it at daycare but I definitely noticed a particular singsong my kid said “cleanup cleanup” one time when she was being cheerful about helping and I started to mimic it every evening and it really does help (not solving the annoyingness but helping).  Maybe whistle while you work or something from Mary Poppins right after you watch the movie with them?  As a kid my sister and I got super into dishes together by pretending that we Mary and Laura Ingalls so make believe games can also move it along.

I just also want to add: I’m sure you’re doing great at parenting overall!  Siblings are hard!  Good luck and I hope you figure out something to make chores less overwhelming soon.[/quote]

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