Author Archives: awilliams

Ask Dr. G: How to Get Kids to Clean Their Room (and Other Miracles)

How can I get my 11 yo (ADD) daughter and 5 yo son to clean their rooms? Not squeaky, just clean floors, no trash, laundry away? Jennifer, in WA Is it worth it to make our kids keep their rooms clean? Yes, most days. But it still often feels like trying to teach your dog…

Top Ten Storage Mistakes

by Ramona Creel Space organizing needs to be a very personal experience. For your efforts to succeed, your methods and techniques must be customized to your particular situation — but they must also uphold some very basic organizing principles. It is when these rules are ignored that you run into problems with clutter. So as…

Ask Dr. G: Don’t Argue With Healthy Kids About How Much They Eat!

Hey Dr. G I’ve got a topic for you… making kids “clean their plate.” Growing up I was always told to finish all of my dinner. This lesson has stuck to me so well that I’ll eat past the point of being full rather than waste food. Now that I’m a parent I find myself…