10-Minute Kid Clutter Control

by Kennedy, Rose R.

• ISBN13: 9781592332243
• ISBN10: 1592332242
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Fair Winds Pr

Summary

If you long to see the floor, bed or any other surface in your child's room; if you live in fear of guests and Grandma breaking their necks by tripping on cars, blocks, shampoo bottles, and the like, help is at hand! Yes, you really can teach kids how to pick up after themselves. As this book will show, it can even be fun! And it only takes 10 minutes, so kids won't get grumpy or bored.

Author Biography

Rose R. Kennedy is the author of the Family Fitness Fun Book and has contributed to numerous tip books, including 10-Minute Housekeeping, 1,001 Old-Time Household Hints, Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff and Shameless Shortcuts. An avid food writer and kids' book reviewer, she regularly contributes to Disney Adventures, fineliving.com and The Herb Companion. Rose lives in a nicely blended family in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she's on the board for the local Actors Coop and is a devoted pet owner, backyard bird watcher and NTN trivia player.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book	9	(4)
Introduction	13	(6)
Part One: Getting Started	19	(82)
Make Up Your Mindset	21	(10)
Baby Steps	31	(16)
School Days	47	(18)
Teen Clutter	65	(14)
Tips for All Ages	79	(22)
Part Two: One Area at a Time	101	(100)
Conquer Bed and Bath Clutter	103	(22)
Streamline Play Spaces	125	(24)
Care for Cooking and Eating Spaces	149	(20)
Is That a Car or a Clutter Magnet?	169	(14)
Where Clutter Convenes	183	(10)
Clutter and the Great Outdoors	193	(8)
Part Three: Outside Interests (and the Stuff They Spawn)	201	(52)
Keep the Memories, Lose the Clutter	203	(10)
Get Crafty with Arts and Crafts Storage	213	(18)
Make a Game Plan for Your Sports Gear	231	(10)
Keep Hobbies from Hogging Your Space	241	(12)
Acknowledgments	253	(1)
About the Author	254