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[quote=Anonymous]AP might not know where everything goes. Can you make labels for where kitchen and play supplies go so she can use it to guide her? Additionally, if you get that upset by things being in the wrong place, have a "junk" bin that she can place kids toys when she doesn't know where they go. Once a week (or some regular time interval), work with her for 30 minutes to show her where these items go and add names to labels as needed. For clothes, I like checklist idea. Another might be to remove kids nice clothes and just keep the cheaper clothes on days AP has them. That way if something gets stained, it's not a huge deal. Alternatively, make a separate laundry bin for clothes that need special treatment (i.e, stain removal). At end of night, you could say I noticed X's shirt looks stained today, so please add it to the special treatment laundry bin and not the general laundry pile. Then make a plan for how that special treatment laundry bin gets done...[/quote]
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