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No one likes dust bunnies under the couch or sticky floors in the kitchen. Useful ideas are coming for a clean home.

Achieving cleanliness and an organized home differs in that while maintaining order requires consistent attention, regular and thorough cleaning is unavoidable even if we immediately wipe, mop, and pick up anything out of place. However, they are similar in that both take up a lot of time in our lives, and it's worth involving children in simpler tasks from a young age, gradually teaching them so that we can eventually trust them with bigger tasks. Safety is particularly important when it comes to cleaning! Never give dangerous cleaning agents and tools to young children, and even older children should only use them under supervision. Try to avoid ladder use for all age groups, but if you must, never leave a child unsupervised on a ladder. Older children should not clean upper-floor windows.

When it comes to cleanliness, consider the following tasks:

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