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Toys everywhere, every night

The problem You spend your evenings picking up the same toys again.

The hack Run a 10-minute "toy tornado": set a timer, play one song, and everyone tidies one color at a time (all the red things, then blue). Sorting by color turns tidying into a game kids can actually follow.

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