How can I keep my bedroom clean? I share one with my little sister and it always gets dirty. can you help?
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Give your mom this letter:
Dear lady: I have three kids...My two boys share their rooms...The little one keeps messing the room. I did not realized this until recently and I kept punishing both of them because the room was always a Mess. Do you know who is the one making the mess in the room? My oldest son was very concern, the same as your child, so now I keep an eye on the little one making sure he cleans his mess. We will be getting a bigger house soon, because we know and understand that children once they grow to certain age need their own space.
Please take this advice from parent to parent...
First - it's probably not really "dirty" but probably more "messy" than anything else. It's tough sharing a room. Maybe you and your little sister can have an on-going game with keeping your shared room orderly. Start off simple like both of your agree to make your beds every day! That's the start of a habit. See who can go the longest in consecutive days. You'll find that before long it's a natural habit. Then move on to hanging up/putting away the clothes you wear every day - again see who can go the longest. And again another habit is developed! See? There are good habits out there! Go for it! Make it fun for both of you.
push all her junk onto her side of the room and keep your side clean
have a definite line that will divide your space and hers. your little sister will always have her mess, let her know that she only does so on her side and not on yours. if she messes up her space, let her clean it. don't do it for her.
if she has toys, assign a definite space for that (shelf, closet). It should be simple enough for her to understand that you are 2 different people and you cannot be picking up after her everytime.
it also depends on your sister's age. the younger, the messier they are. just be patient. when you grow up, these years of sharing a room with your sister will be one of those that you will cherish. remember that.
good luck.
5 easy steps!! you guys should do this together or if she is too little ask your mom to help with her stuff.
1. get rid of what you don't want anymore. throw away the trash and give away the rest
2. box up what you don't use anymore but want to keep and store it in the garage, attic, etc. (ie. old toys, gifts, keepsakes, memorabilia)
3. find a specific place for everything. both of you should know where everything of each other's specifically goes. if there is something you want to keep private, consider getting a trunk or box that locks.
4. put everything back to it's specific home when you're done using it, even if you are going to use it later!
5. help each other out! if something that belongs to your sister has been laying out for a while, put it away or ask her nicely to put it away :-)
make your mom buy you each a book case and under the bed storage containers. have your sister put her stuff on her shelves how she wants it and you do your side. next take 15 minutes everyday cleaning up after yourselves before bed or when you get up. since you are older you should make the beds and she can do the vaccumming, little kids like to vaccuum for soem reason and then take turns dusting and whatever else you need to clean. teach your lil sis how to clean up after she is done and she wont be a slob later.
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