Whether or not to help your child clean their room. It's an age old dilemma. I just didn't understand how the way he learned to make his bed in the army had to do with me and how I made my bed. I never did figure out why having such a neatly made bed was so important to my dad, but he eventually gave up and found other ways to ensure I grew up with serviceable housekeeping skills. I've heard several theories on how parents should encourage their children to keep their rooms clean.
Some parents just insist that the bedroom is kept clean, every minute of every day.
When our daughter was younger, I never insisted her room be spotless. So we decided to come up with a better way to keep her belongings in good order. It's mom's very nature to just go in her child's room once in awhile to clean things up just a bit. That was the approach my mom often took, and I won't deny that I haven't been guilty of it myself from time to time. Well, that's easy enough to fix.