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<blockquote data-quote="4sumrzn" data-source="post: 165121" data-attributes="member: 4133"><p>It's not small potaoes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p> </p><p>I have a very small house. I also provide childcare, so toys have always been an issue around my house.....tripping, stepping on, cleaning up. I learned quite a bit over the past 8 years about "clean-up" time. All of the children I babysit for have pretty much cleaned up without more than one reminder. difficult child, on the other hand, has been a tornado from day one. Mess, mess, mess & now says someone else made the mess when it's time to clean up. Runs away. Tantrum.</p><p> </p><p>I started throwing out everything. I know it sounds awful, but....if the stuff isn't here, it doesn't have to be cleaned up! I'm finished babysitting all of the little ones now that school is out & plan on giving almost ALL of the toys away. Thing is....my difficult child has never stopped long enough to actually build, play a game, color....anything like that (until the past few days-different story-medication change). So, my suggestion would be to bag it all up when he doesn't clean it up. Hide it. If he enjoys his toys & misses them....maybe he can earn them back one by one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4sumrzn, post: 165121, member: 4133"] It's not small potaoes ;) I have a very small house. I also provide childcare, so toys have always been an issue around my house.....tripping, stepping on, cleaning up. I learned quite a bit over the past 8 years about "clean-up" time. All of the children I babysit for have pretty much cleaned up without more than one reminder. difficult child, on the other hand, has been a tornado from day one. Mess, mess, mess & now says someone else made the mess when it's time to clean up. Runs away. Tantrum. I started throwing out everything. I know it sounds awful, but....if the stuff isn't here, it doesn't have to be cleaned up! I'm finished babysitting all of the little ones now that school is out & plan on giving almost ALL of the toys away. Thing is....my difficult child has never stopped long enough to actually build, play a game, color....anything like that (until the past few days-different story-medication change). So, my suggestion would be to bag it all up when he doesn't clean it up. Hide it. If he enjoys his toys & misses them....maybe he can earn them back one by one. [/QUOTE]
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