How can you get your 3-year-old to help clean up?

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I have a question for everyone,how can you get your 3 1/2 old to listens to her parents and how to get her clean up to her room up

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You gotta make a game of it. I’d sing " time to clean up clean time to clean up clean up" with my kids and help them. Eventually they do it by themselves…

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My 2 1/2yo is easily motivated by outside. U wanna go outside and play? Pick up ur toys FIRST then we’ll go play outside. U wanna blow bubbles? Put ur blankets and stuffies back on ur bed FIRST then we’ll blow bubbles. Like lightning, that boy picks up his things in a flash!

My question is how to motivate a preteen to pick up after themselves? Or how about my hubby??? I’m open to suggestions…

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If she don’t want to pick it up ,tell you will do it with a trash bag its all going in the garbage if you don’t to clean it up . Bit harsh but to the point ,clean up when done playing or you don’t need toys .

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Make them feel like they have options. I have a strong willed little girl and if I just say “clean up your room” it’s an automatic “nahh” but I tell her she can either clean it up and gain a marble ( we do marble jar rewards. Once it’s filled up she can pick a fun place to go) or not clean it up and lose privileges in which she still has to clean it up plus 2 more chores to gain them back.

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Make it fun for them and have treats at the end for when they finish

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My baby helps me sometimes lol i just tell her come mama help me yay good girl