Toddler Tips! How to Teach a Toddler to Clean Up

Published: Mon, 02/19/24

Awe... she thinks she's helping. 🥰

Could YOU use some "help" teaching your child to happily tidy up their marathon of messes?

Join me as I talk to a mom who taught her 15-month-old daughter to be a responsible cleaner-upper. 🙌

Learn simple strategies to encourage responsibility, build confidence, and foster a love for learning in your child. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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Parenting Tips: How and When to Teach a Toddler to Clean Up

A young mother writes:

“For a while now, my daughter, Sarah, has been cleaning up after herself—food, toys, clothes. But yesterday she resisted cleaning up a mess she’d made, so I put her in her room and closed the door.

"She cried, and after a couple of minutes, I went to her. She was sobbing and reaching for me. I picked her up and took her back to the mess, and she cleaned it up. I can’t believe how quickly she learns.”

When to Teach Toddlers to Clean Up

Sarah is 15 months old, and she’s been consistently cleaning up after herself from the age of 11 months. Really, but I’ve seen many other parents make excuses for their children’s lack of responsibility into adulthood.

WE parents are the problem, not the kids.

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A mother writes to me and she says, "My two-year-old won't put away his toys after playing with them. His toys are littered from wall to wall in whatever room he uses and then I have to help him put them away.

"It's just overwhelming to him. And it's a real bother. Some days when I'm busy or tired, I wonder how capable he is of cleaning up a mess that big.

"Is it too much for me to expect him to do that and to teach him to do that? Help."

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