| How to Organize Your Child's Room |
| Home Made Easy shows you how to organize your child's room. |
From "Home Made Easy"
episode DHME-104 |
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Teenagers - It always gets a little harder to teach teenage children about organization because they want to assert their independence. You might want to take a step back and let your kids live with a little disorder so they learn it is their responsibility to maintain their room. But don't let them off the hook completely; adolescents should be responsible for more complex organizing jobs like cleaning out their closets.
- Being organized will help them manage their schoolwork and items they need for other activities, not to mention save them a lot of time and frustration. If your teen is getting homework done, remembering items they need each day and functioning well, then don't interfere, even if the room doesn't look the way you would like it to. They obviously have a system that is working for them, and that is what really counts.
What Should Be in Every Child's Room? - Every child should have a hamper in their room for laundry. Older children may benefit from a divided hamper that lets them sort out whites and colors. Make lobbing the laundry into the hamper fun for younger children with a hamper shaped like a wide mouthed animal or even by installing a small basketball net over the hamper.
- Hooks are also great. Hang them at a height your child can reach for backpacks, coats, hats, scarves and anything else. You should put these hooks behind closet doors to maximize space.
- Also, every child's room needs open floor space so choose your storage wisely. Whether they are toddlers or teens the floor's a place to stretch out and do your thing.
GUESTS :
Jessica Sabat
Professional Organizer
Website: www.optimumorganizing.com
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