When my daugher first went to head start i kept everything she brought home...like art work and pictures and stuff...
And her second year i didn't keep so much
But now she is in kindergarten and I think ihave to keep everything...and not only that but she make stuff at home too. She makes me like ten cards a day that say i love you mom and i just can seen to get rid of them...
So how do you determine what to keep and how much and where and all that stuff...
Because soon my fridge, closets and boxes will be taking over the house shed and everywhere...with her stuff
2007-03-02 02:09:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I understand where you're coming from, but let me share my recent experience.
I'm thirty-one. I've been going through boxes that I brought from my parents house to my new home. I opened a box and it was full of old school papers... report cards... notes from friends... colored pictures... craft projects.
One thing stuck out... an envelope from my paternal grandmother (who passed away twelve years ago). On the front it said my name and "SAVE" in big letters. Inside was a picture I had colored for her of the Lone Ranger. I had written my name on it... twenty-five years earlier. It meant so much to me that she had saved that picture, and that it somehow got back into my hands.
So, yes, I understand space and constraints and such... but PLEASE don't throw everything out. You should give your daughter the chance to open a box like I did, twenty-five years from now.
2007-03-02 02:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jim I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that best is to ask her but than all would be to keep. So, a solution would be to get a bigger closet or boxes or a garage because now you may look like you have nothing to do with them but later you will be the one who will want those back, i am telling you that because i know from my own experience with my mom calling me and saying that she has found some of my child things, i am not staying with them anymore.
So.. try not to throw those away because you will be the one who will want those later in time when your kids wont be staying with you .
2007-03-02 02:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by w3rwolf1982 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOu can't keep everything. I have a pile on my counter where it all goes when it comes home. A few exceptional pieces get put on the fridge or the back of the front door. The rest goes in the recycling every couple weeks. This doesn't bother anyone except one of my girls, so I gave her a "secret" drawer to keep her very favorite things in so that they won't get tossed. She loves it and it solves the problem for her. OH, I should mention a save a few exceptional things for my scrapbook, too.
2007-03-02 03:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, as for the stuff that coems home from school I keep one project a week (unless something really amazing comes home) and I hang it on their wall in their rooms. My 6 yr old also makes alot of stuff at home so I allow her to pick one drawing each day to put into a book and the rest she has to throw away. it works well for us and keeps the clutter under control. Good luck....
By the way I have a 5,6 and 10 yr olds
2007-03-02 02:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by Melba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a storage unit and keep it until she is old enough to decide what she wants. If you throw it away, she will be mad at you later.
2007-03-02 02:16:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have this same issue loli dunno what to do either, i just cant part with it lol
2007-03-02 02:17:03 · answer #6 · answered by cudybug 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋