What age do give your kids responsibility to clean their own rooms?

I take care of Making beds, laundry, sanitation, sweeping, and mopping floors.
I would like our kid (5) to learn to pick up her toys and put them away in the designated spot so I can do everything else swiftly since I am getting bigger in my pregnancy.

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Picking up toys as soon as they can walk like two or three. Cleaning the room is different

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2 years old began the cleaning up after themselves. They’re 6,5, & 3 and clean up all of their own messes, room included. They’re sweep, wipe down tables after meals etc.

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My 3 and 4 year old share a room, they clean their room. They can sort items like shoes, clothes, toys but they dont organize the toys. My 4 yr old CAN but it will take her a hour then she gets discouraged. I let them vacuum while I watch and I help them make their bed. My one-year old helps clean too lol its so cute 🥰 and I bribe them sometimes too lol with going outside, candy, ice-cream a new toy, tv time etc...

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I use “cleaning room” lightly haha I don’t let it get very dirty in there and currently she’s an only child until her baby brother arrives.
we don’t allow food or drinks in there so it just the toys that end up everywhere.

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My 18 month old loves cleaning. She has her own mini broom, dust pan and mop. We also give her rags to wipe up her mess when she’s done eating and ask her to help clean up toys. She isn’t always willing to help and sometimes makes a bigger mess. I do think she’s proud of herself though.

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Progressively as from 18 months they can start doing few things then increase the responsibility according to their age

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Picking up toys 2+ , cleaning :sweeping, dusting, 6+

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Since she was 1 - Mine was asked to put her clothes in laundry. And help put her books back on the shelf. And put her pyjamas on her bed.

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3 with help

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My son is 3 and for most of the past yr he’s picked up on his own bedroom toys and put them away . If he wants his bed sheets changed lately to a different character or a blanket washed he’ll tell me or bring it to me too. I don’t keep a lot of toys in his room but if I ask he normally helps me clean the living room too.

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I started my kid cleaning up her toys at the end of the night, with help, when she was 1 yr. She's now 2 and I'm glad I started early because she does it with minimal encouragement and sometimes spontaneously during the day.

3-4 seems like a good age to remind kids to start keeping their rooms clean. I was cleaning up and drying dishes by then.

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My almost 4 year old & 5.5 year old work on cleaning their rooms. I usually have to go behind & check lol.

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My daughter is 2 and I make her used to put her things back to there place
Like her shoes jacket ..
she help set the table like putting spoons ..
also when I clean “ I make her help me “ like putting her toys in the boxes …

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My boy cleans up one activity before moving onto the next I taught him to do that from like, 2. So if he’s at the table colouring in or doing his ABC workbooks when he finishes he packs the textas and pencils up before moving onto Legos etc. being 6 he does that independently he’s a very good independent player so I don’t have to sit there w him but I can still see and chat to him coz he does it on dining table. He packs up and moves to the next thing himself

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My bf is 21 and still don’t 🙄

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I agree my 3 year old is responsible for putting his toys away after he’s done for the day . But far as actual cleaning the room I take care of that

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Since she could start picking them to play with I still ask mine an I always help her an I do the Barney clean up song with her to help encourage her to clean
With bedding I usually start taking it off an have her help than take an she helps me load in washer an dryer an she does help me make her bed @4 it is a challenge cuz mine be doing the sick card an I'm like ok no bye bye an than she does it an we go take her to school

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With any routine task, we try and teach a song to go along with it. Helps prompt and establish and cue the little one to follow through. My little girl starts putting her toys away when I start singing the clean up song

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Since 2 he has helped put his toys away, he’s 3 now and still with help he will do so, I don’t expect him to do it alone yet but I can definitely see differences between ages 2&3 as now he knows where to put things

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