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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It might help to have the kids rank the toys in the order they like them, so they can begin to internalize that even if they like something, not all things are equal.

Can you say more about how the toys are bothering you? No room for all of them? Kids don't help put them away? If you help them start understanding that everything has to have its own place to go (e.g. not all crammed into a jumble somewhere) it might be a starting place. You could quietly remove some and see if they ask about them, but it's better in the long run if they can be in on it because they get a better understanding of what fits and what doesn't fit, rather than relying on someone else to regulate that for them.[/quote]

Ranking for the big kids should work.

The problem, maybe not a real problem, is that the younger kids or younger kids’ friends may want to play with the older kid’s toys that are no longer his favorite.

I’m bothered because our house looks like a big clutter of plastic junk.[/quote]

I don't know how often your kids have friends over but I try (and it is hard!) not to be bothered by the cyclone of toys coming out when other kids are over.  Kids LOVE playing with new things at their friends' houses and I just let them get it all out and make my kids and their friends put them away before the playdate is over.

I agree on the rotating.  I also try to purge collections that are smaller and encourage purchases (if needed) that expand collections since it is easier to store that way. So eg I got a block set as a gift that wasn't compatible with duplos and I quietly donated the lone blockset and subtly told the gifted how much my kids love duplos to push towards those for the next gift (this was a family gift giver)[/quote]

We are a social family. I probably host at least one drop off play date for older child and 1 play date with moms per week. We also host our friends with kids once or twice for per month. This could be 1-10 families coming over at a time.[/quote]

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