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One of the difficult tasks of being a parent is to teach your children religiously follow your rules, such as picking up their toys after a play. Some of them do easily comprehend the message that you are trying to tell them, some do not. Be very sensitive of their reaction or response to your 'order'. Challenging as it is, as a parent, you should know how to instruct them properly and patiently. Yes, as a parent, you have to be patient when it comes to teaching your children and building your children's character or else, you may send them the wrong message: you are angry about something they are not aware of. How then should you tell them to pick up their toys after use? How can you ensure that they will do it continuously? Consider this list: Assign the proper place for their toys Before you teach your children to pick up their toys after use, make sure that you have designated a place to keep them. For this reason, they are not at a lost and instead, know where to put the toys they are picking up. Also, they will know where to get them should they need these toys again. Show them how to do it Because children have the tendency to mimic the movement of the people around them, grab this as an opportunity to teach them how to do it. Show them that you are picking up their toys one by one and placing them properly in the box or toy cabinet. Reward or praise them each time they do it More often than not, kids love to hear praises or love to receive rewards. In fact, they get motivated by these. Also, if you will give them something out of what they do - like for this case, picking up their toys and keeping them properly - they will surely do it over and over again until they do it not for the reward or praise, but because it has already turned into a habit or attitude. Tell them the would-be outcome of cluttered toys Children are protective of their personal possessions. If they are informed that their toys may be destroyed if left disorderly around the house, they will certainly follow your rule about keeping them after use. Surely, they will not want to lose their toys. Make cleaning up of their toys enjoyable to them Pick up the pieces of their toys in group, you and your children. Lead them into singing nursery rhymes while doing the task or make a race. Tell them that whoever picks up the most number of toys will be rewarded. Yes, this is just a simple cleaning up of their toys. But, take note, this is already teaching your kids about some positive values or practices that will surely assist them in their growing up years. And you, as a parent, will definitely feel rewarded later on. Harrison Fray is an experienced and expert home decor planner who specializes in kids bedding and kids room decor buying. His advice can help you to buy childrens bedding cheaply but with unique style. Drop by http://www.kidstoddlerboutique.com/ and see what Harrison recommends. ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
