mom2anutball asked:
Without thinking about the price, sentimental value, etc? I cant even see the floor in my daughters room and still its so hard to go through things and get rid of them. She says everything is her FAVORITE and she cant live without it!! How do I just get it done???? I cant do it when shes not here, cause she dont go to school yet.
Any tips? Thanks!
Bernardo
Without thinking about the price, sentimental value, etc? I cant even see the floor in my daughters room and still its so hard to go through things and get rid of them. She says everything is her FAVORITE and she cant live without it!! How do I just get it done???? I cant do it when shes not here, cause she dont go to school yet.
Any tips? Thanks!
Bernardo
August 1st, 2006 - 4:28 pm
Ummmmm? Put them in somekind of storage place in her room for now. She will get rid of them at some point.
August 2nd, 2006 - 8:15 am
Maybe guilt her out , just explain why it is upsetting she and explain how you could help you out. If that doesnt work reward her for tidying her room or at least trying to .
August 2nd, 2006 - 7:45 pm
Tell her that her toys want to go on a trip and they’ll be back soon. Soon she’ll forget they even “went on a trip”.
I hope I helped!
August 5th, 2006 - 12:37 am
do a yard sell, let her keep the money, then convince her to let you keep in a savings account. maybe, if you want to you can match it then double her savings.
will only work if she does all the work (signs, money exchange, etc).
August 7th, 2006 - 2:56 am
y dont u put them in a tub or a cane basket kinds so that atleast her room is in a proper condition..dont get rid of them just let it be 4 a while and slowly and gradually u can keep discarding her toys
August 9th, 2006 - 5:49 pm
I donate everything now. You can check for a freecycle group in your area on yahoogroups. I ended up finding a woman who works in foster care and she takes the toys, videos, games and clothes. My daughter has an easier time when she knows we’re donating it.
August 10th, 2006 - 1:58 pm
my daughter is the same way. i can’t even clean her room without her saying “no, it goes here” and sets it back down on the floor. i just got rid of a bunch of her toys by buying two big round tubs, and telling her that she could only have enough toys to fill them both, the rest of the toys went into a crate in her closet, which eventually i got rid of.
August 12th, 2006 - 6:13 am
wot about persuadin her 2 bootsale them&use the money 2 buy more grown up toys(&less of them without them noticing!)or even let her take them in2 charity shop,bribe her with treat 4 tidy room ect,my youngest daughters room is quite small,everythings crated up in2 groups,puzzles,barbies ect&shes allowed 1 lot out at a time,im mum 2 3girls,youngest 4
August 12th, 2006 - 10:12 am
I have the same problem I have four boys I tell them to pick some toys (a Rubbermaid tote worth for example) and we put them in the attic for a while or we pick some to share with kids who have no toys this helps by putting some away for a while and we trade off if they want the others out of the attic they must fill new tote to replace what is coming back. When the toys have been in the attic awhile I do discard or donate them this has worked for me good luck
August 14th, 2006 - 8:53 pm
Make it a game. Tell her that you two are going to clean her room and that you want her to pick out the toys that she plays with the least… And tell her that you are going to put them in a bag. then the toys that she plays with sometimes, place them in a tote and tell her you are going to put them up and when she wants to play with them you can get them down. Then all the things she likes to play with the most you two can organize them in her room however you want (let her help in the placement) and once all of the cleaning is done get the bag of toys that she plays with the least and ask her if she wants to do something real nice… When she agrees, tell her that you two should take the toys to a place that would give them to kids who don’t have any toys and make it seem like she’s really doing something good to help other kids. It makes them feel good to help too!!! Make it seem like it is her choice, then take them to the Good will or whatever 2nd hand store you have there and donate them.
Doing so will make it easier on her the next time you need to get rid of some toys. Heck i did this with my daughter and she started randomly getting rid of unused toys and cloths on her own, without my saying anything.
August 15th, 2006 - 4:23 am
Buy three big bins. Tell her to put her favorite favorite toys in the first bin. (Paint a happy face on it). Toys she wants to share with Goodwill, the Salvation Army etc goes in bin #2 (paint a heart). Toys that are broken or nasty go in the trash bin (paint a sad face).
Tell her all of her toys have to go in one of the bins. If the favorite bin is over full you may have to go through it again.
Make it a game.
Another thing you can do is provide her a place to put her toys. Anything that is on the floor Friday afternoon goes into a garbage bag. The garbage bag is put in storage (someplace locked or out of reach) for a month. At the end of the month, on a Sunday give her her confiscated toys back. There won’t ever be toys on the floor, and she will think she has new toys on toy back day.
August 18th, 2006 - 9:11 am
You need to have her dad take her on a trip to the mall or something. Then while she is gone take a garbage bag in and start sorting things out.
I can’t imagine what my kids’ rooms would look like if I never did that. Kids grow out of toys, toys get broken, and pieces get lost.
Institute a new rule in your house that goes as follows: If you get a new toy you have to donate an old toy to the salvation army. We have done that in our house and it worked wonders. My kids think twice before they ask for a toy!
Also, how can she even find anything if she has so much. She probably won’t miss anything. If she does she will get over it.
August 19th, 2006 - 6:21 am
i go through this all the time. Here’s what has helped me. I get two boxes and help my son separate toys to keep and toys to give to other kids that have no toys. If one toy goes into the keep box then one toy has to go into the give away box. Anything that is broken or has missing pieces automatically goes into the trash. You kid sounds like mine and everything is his favorite too. I convince him that if we get rid of some toys we an go buy that new toy he wants. If all else fails just do a clean sleep while she is asleep or at grandmas
August 20th, 2006 - 10:10 am
Do a yard sale, or donate them. Then DONT buy toys except for holidays and birthdays!
August 23rd, 2006 - 6:24 pm
You have to teach her…..she’s still kind of young, so I understand the not wanting to part with anything. When my kids were that young, I would take half the toys and store them in the closet for about three or four months….
Then I would rotate them, and it was almost as if they were new because they hadn’t been played with in so long.
She will eventually get to the point where she can part with things. Ask her, how often do you play with this? Have you played with it recently? Also, bribery works, we have to donate some of the toys you don’t play with so that we can make room for the new ones you’ll be getting on your birthday or Christmas etc…
Tell her that you’ve noticed she hasn’t played with this doll in ages and you just know some poor little kid who doesn’t have many toys would love to have this doll and doesn’t she want to help other girls and boys have some fun?
Great teaching opportunities….teaching your child to let go of things, teaching her to organize, teaching her to be kind and charitable.
August 25th, 2006 - 7:25 pm
Make it a game.
1) get three trash cans or container
2) put a happy face on one(keep one) a sad face on one(broken ones) and charity or goodwill for the other one.
3) next have her go through all the toys and put them in a trash can or container
4) let her go with you when you take the toys to give away. Tell her that they will go to kids without toys.
♥ I saw this idea on supernanny or nanny 911. Good luck
August 27th, 2006 - 5:32 am
Do it when shes asleep, kids get all emotional and clingy if you try and get rid of anything, suddenly they can’t live without it even though they haven’t touched it in months. I put it all in a box / cupboard / loft and see if they ask for it or even remember it in the next few months. if not then it goes. Its hard especially if I bought it and I liked it and I know how much it cost but you just have to trim the fat so to speak or else you’ll drown in toys, they get so much.
My friend enlisted the help of her children and they took the toys to a car boot with the understanding that they could buy themselves a treat with the money - so if you prefer to get the kids involved maybe that would work for you.
August 29th, 2006 - 11:16 am
I told mine about poor kids who don’t have any toys, then asked them to pick some to donate. By the end they got so enthusiastic about it we had to restrain their choices or they wouldn’t have anything left (and to keep things that were heirloom gifts). Then I took them to the charity I chose as the recipients so they could see exactly where the toys were going and be a part of helping others.
August 31st, 2006 - 12:39 am
You should get her shelves or drawers or some type of storage and then you can clean her room. If she never keeps it clean ever than you maybe can have a punishment. Like you can take one and hide it and if she earns it back you can give it back.