Released on: December 28, 2007, 8:57 am

Press Release Author: The Housekeeping Channel

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Press Release Summary: It may sound counterintuitive, but it is correct. Telling a
child to \"go clean your room\" is like telling an adult, \"go clean the garage or the
basement!\" It is an unfocused and potentially overwhelming request.? ?Instead direct
your child to one specific task: \"Go make your bed,\" or \"Put away all your clothes,\"
or \"Clean everything off the floor.\" Marcia Ramsland, the "Organizing Pro" and an
advisory board member of The Housekeeping Channel, provides the following tips on
getting children to effectively clean their room.

Press Release Body: RULE #1: Never tell a child, \"Go clean your room!\"

It may sound counterintuitive, but it is correct. Telling a child to \"go clean your
room\" is like telling an adult, \"go clean the garage or the basement!\" It is an
unfocused and potentially overwhelming request.? ?Instead direct your child to one
specific task: \"Go make your bed,\" or \"Put away all your clothes,\" or \"Clean
everything off the floor.\" Marcia Ramsland, the "Organizing Pro" and an advisory
board member of The Housekeeping Channel, provides the following tips on getting
children to effectively clean their room. ??Five Steps to a Clean Bedroom??1. Make
the bed first: since this is the largest surface, the room is now 50-70 percent
clean. ? ?2. Put everything on the floor away: start at the doorway and move
everything (besides obvious trash) from the floor to the bed.? ?3. Clean up the
rest of the room in three categories.
. Clothes: put in the hamper or away in drawers and the
closet.
. Papers and books: organize papers in notebooks or a
file and place books on the shelves.
. Toys or favorite collections: place on open shelves.

4. Add one extra cleaning area per week after the above three steps.
. Desktop
. Dresser top
. Nightstand
. Closet

5. Empty the wastebasket often.?
Organizing expert Emily Barnes says, \"Children don\'t do what you expect, but what
you inspect.\" So check on any cleaning they do.

If you work orderly, you will think orderly. Orderly habits at home can be a great
academic help for kids.

About The Housekeeping Channel

The Housekeeping Channel is an online consumer resource for better, faster and
healthier housekeeping. More than 40,000 unique visitors spend as much as an hour on
the site each month investigating home cleaning, care guidelines and advice. Founded
in 2004, The Housekeeping Channel can be accessed at www.housekeepingchannel.com and
on more than 16 million Sprint phones.

About Marcia Ramsland
?Marcia Ramsland, speaker, author, professional organizer and an advisory board
member of The Housekeeping Channel, is known as "The Organizing Pro" and author of
the popular book, \"Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay that Way!" Her book is
geared to teach the average person step-by-step how to organize and simplify their
life like a "Pro."

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Excerpted and adapted with permission from speaker and author Marcia Ramsland\'s,
\"Ages and Stages of Getting Children Organized\" booklet available at
www.OrganizingPro.com.

Web Site: http://www.housekeepingchannel.com

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