Reply to I want to get rid of all the toys in my house

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "I want to get rid of all the toys in my house"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[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 think this is a you problem.  You won't get rid of a toy because your younger child may have a *friend* who wants to play with it someday?  This is a little crazy.  Get rid of the toys that your kids don't play with anymore.  If he's over his PJ Masks phase then just get rid of the toys.  Don't keep them because his friend Timmy likes to play wiith them when he comes over for his monthly playdate.  You could even just give them to Timmy.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics