Feeling the urge to tidy your kids’ room while they’re gone? Thinking it’ll be easier because they’re not around? Read this first!
Imagine going away for the weekend and coming home to a clean and tidy house.
Yes, it might feel great to walk into a decluttered and clean home.
Now, imagine walking into that tidy home and finding things missing. Things you treasured or planned to do something with. That sweatshirt with allt he holes that you love to wear when you need some comfort. That journal that was half-filled out and you figured some day you’d get back to journaling. Plus, it had stuff documented that you wanted to remember.
And they’re gone. Because someone decided they were trash.
It doesn’t feel good, does it?
So what does this situation have to do with productivity? So much!
Because moms take it upon themselves to declutter and clean the house. We add it to our to-do list because who else will do it if we don’t?
In reality, we need to be working with those who also live there, to declutter and clean the house. It adds more to your plate if you take on all the tidying and cleaning by yourself.
When you work together with your kids to clean their room, they’re learning valuable skills. And you never know what they treasure! I’m always surprised by what my kids want to keep versus what they’re willing to get rid of.
My 12-year-old is pretty good at getting rid of things. My 10-year-old still needs support, but is getting better at it. They’re both learning the skills of going through a stack of papers and identifying what they want to keep and what they don’t. Same for their stuffed animals and all their crafts that they shoved in a drawer after last year’s summer camps!
If you really want to get in there and clean, here’s a suggestion. Sort everything into bins or baskets. Clean around those baskets.
Then, when your kids are home, go through the bins, one at a time, together.
Take some time to work on these skills together. Don’t do it for them because it feels easier.
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