How do you get your kids to clean their room?

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How do you get your kids to clean their room? I am tired of walking in there and it being desttroyed…they just do not care about naything and wil not finish cleaning when i ask them too

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If they want to play on the switch/watch tv/ or do something fun it has to be done. All 3 have a switch so that we can play games together. If I have to do it, we’ll then everything gets taken but the bed and clothes. Then they have to earn toys and games back.

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I help them. I’m also make sure I teach them how to not be overwhelmed when it comes to cleaning and organizing. Most parents don’t teach cleaning the just expect their kids to do it. It’s a taught skill.

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Give them the option of either cleaning it themselves or leaving it for you. If they leave it up to you make sure to take away things so that they learn there are consequences to their actions. Repeat this as many times as it takes per child to learn the lesson and once they prove they can clean up their rooms and keep it clean slowly start giving back what was taken away as their reward.

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I go into their room with a garbage bag and starting throwing things away. My daughter cleans her room pretty darn fast when the garbage bag comes out. I haven’t had to do it in a really long time because she just cleans her rooms (toy room and bedroom) when asked now.

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Honestly, when I told my kids to clean their room and they don’t listen or they don’t take me serious or they don’t do it the way that I know they can. I grab a trash bag and I start throwing shit away and then I tell them you can unpack the trash and put your stuff away or I’m sitting it on the curb, it works every time they unpack the trash bag and they clean their room. I’m perfectly fine with throwing toys in the trash so if you want your toys, you better keep your stuff clean.

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honestly, i don’t trip out about it. they aren’t allowed to have food upstairs anyway so it’s usually just toys.

i used to nagged about my room as a kid. however i knew it was bc my privacy was being invaded when my room was cleaned. so i purposely wouldn’t clean it & i’d leave clothes and stuff all over.

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I take the screens until it’s done

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I don’t know how old your kids are. If they are on the younger side make sure it’s simple for them. Like they have a big toy box to throw toys into. A shelf for books. A place for dirty clothes. Everything should have a pretty obvious and easy to access place. Really young kids need help and direction. As they get older you can try remaining in the room and simply keeping them company and offering direction when they seem to need it. If they are older kids then I honestly don’t know because all of my kids are still young.

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Theyre kids🤷‍♀️ dont just tell them to do it do it with them.if theyre young they need cleaning to be modeled thats how they learn. If theyre older maybe they just dont wanna do it alone.