Helping Your Kids Stay Tidy

From FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, Today, 23-May-2008 edition

 

Helping Your Kids Stay Tidy

By Dr Bill Maier

 

How would you describe your children’s rooms?

A: Dust-free environment.

B: Controlled chaos.

C: Toxic Waste Dump.

 

If you answered B or C, chances are your kids need

a crash course in organisation.

 

Because ultimately, being neat is more a matter of order

than it is cleanliness.

 

There’s a lot you can do to help your kids stay organised.

 

Begin by helping them set up a filing system for their

schoolwork and personal papers. It is amazing what

a small file cabinet can do for a cluttered room.

 

Teach them to track their schedule on a calendar or daytimer.

 

Milk crates make great storage units for toys and magazines,

and they stack easily.

 

It is hard to keep a room neat when you don’t have

a place for everything.

 

You may be surprised at the change once your kids

learn how easy it is to be organised.