Organized Kids, Messy Rooms, School Success

August 26th, 2011 Kids Organizing

Disorganized and Messy Floor

Can your kids be organized and succeed in school when they have a messy room? Well, it all depends…Some kids can function quite well in a room with clothes on the floor, dishes on the dresser and make-up strewn about. Even though their room looks like a tornado hit it, they know how to restore order from time-to-time, when they feel like getting around to it… These kids are usually self-motivated, they know where their homework is and they get it done on their own before it’s due. They may be messy, but really they know right where everything is and they are functioning just fine. Leave them alone.

Then there’s the other type of messy. The kids who have a room that’s blown up, a backpack that’s blown up, they’re losing papers all the time, turning in homework late and feeling a lot of stress and pressure. Those are the kids that are going to need some extra guidance, some structure and they will need you to help them with some organizing skills. It’s very important that you work with them in a way that works well for them naturally, not in a way that works for you. If you set up your child’s organizing system in a way that won’t work for them, you will both be frustrated. I featured a blog post on a super, duper book recently called: “The Organized Student,” by Donna Goldberg. This is an excellent book to help you help your child succeed!

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