We've done similar with my girls. They were told to pick up their toys and that if they didn't I would. They picked up some but not all. The following day I took a black trash bag and picked up all the toys they left out. After a week I told them they could start earning them back one per week if they kept everything picked up which they did and got them all back. Now if I tell them to pick up their toys they do it right away. I'm sure that if I would have thrown them away they also would have learned to pick them up but why be as ass when I can teach them the same thing without being one.
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