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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that the trick is to throw things away. Every month or so I grab a bunch of toys and stick them in the garage. If the kids don’t ask for a specific item (which they NEVER have) I throw it all away after 3 months.

Once you clear of most of the toys you’ll find your kids play WAY better. With tons of toys, my kids would just constantly grab stuff, play with it for a couple minutes, then leave it on the floor. Without all the toys, they play with stuff like boxes or their absolute favorite toys for way longer, like 1-2 hours.

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I'm glad that works for you, but one of my kids ALWAYS asks. She just gets very attached to things and struggles to let go. But she also doesn't have the problem of not focusing on specific toys. She'll play with the same stuff for hours. But she doesn't forget about the other stuff. I am currently in the process of trying to help her say goodbye to her play kitchen (she is 9, she truly does not play with it anymore and it takes up so much space). Right now it's in my bedroom for a "transitional" period, and I think I can finally clear it out this week. We also tried to get rid of it last year, after a long period of her not using it, and she wept for days. So we gave it back and said we'd get rid of it when she was ready. Well, that took a year. Now apply that to everything. It's tough![/quote]

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