{"id":990,"date":"2020-02-25T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanandhappynest.org\/wpd\/?p=990"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:21:28","slug":"how-to-teach-your-kids-to-clean-up-their-rooms-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/how-to-teach-your-kids-to-clean-up-their-rooms-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach Your Kids to Clean Up Their Rooms (and why)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once your kids are old enough (about 6 or 7), there\u2019s no reason not to teach them how to clean their rooms! We\u2019ve found it\u2019s also great to let your inquiring minds know why it\u2019s a good idea to clean up. <em>Hint:<\/em> keep germs at bay, helps their stuff last longer, and gives them more space to play!<\/p>\n<p>If you (or your child) is a list maker, add these to to-dos: make your bed, pick up and wipe down toys, throw away trash, hang up and put away clothes, and wipe down screens (TVs, computers, video games). While they\u2019re at it, it\u2019s a good idea to encourage them to clean the door knobs, dresser handles, and any other surface they touch frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleaninginstitute.org\/cleaning-tips\/parents-and-caregivers\/getting-kids-do-chores\">article<\/a> from ACI on how to get kids to do chores. Happy parenting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once your kids are old enough (about 6 or 7), there\u2019s no reason not to teach them how to clean their rooms! We\u2019ve found it\u2019s also great to let your inquiring minds know why it\u2019s a good idea to clean up. Hint: keep germs at bay, helps their stuff last longer, and gives them more space to play! If you (or your child) is a list maker, add these to to-dos: make your bed, pick up and wipe down toys, throw away trash, hang up and put away clothes, and wipe down screens (TVs, computers, video games). While they\u2019re at it, it\u2019s a good idea to encourage them to clean the door knobs, dresser handles, and any other surface they touch frequently. Here\u2019s a great article from ACI on how to get kids to do chores. Happy parenting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[271,630],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","tag-chores","tag-children","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}