At what age do kids get a say in which toys get purged?
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When they can understand and care I guess
I tried getting my 3 year old involved with this and he started putting ALL his toys in the bag 😂 mine definitely doesn’t understand yet. I put a bag of “pending” toys he doesn’t play with anymore in a closet just in case he remembers them and asks for a specific one, but if they sit for a few months or so I donate them
I rotate toys and get rid of toys all the time. I have never involved my kids. My son, newly 3, notices everything! I involve him now.
I didn’t actually give my daughter a say when I got rid of her kitchen. The Barbie dollhouse I will. She’s 8 and already wants to do a garage sale of her things. My oldest wants to keep everything.
My 4 year old has been helping me since he’s about 3 picking out things he’s not bothered about to take to the charity shop. He understood what was going on too once I’d explained to him they were going to other boys and girls x
My kids and I actually just did this together the day after Christmas. There’s a certain organization I donate them to, and I am very transparent with my kids about why we’re giving them away. My oldest definitely seems to understand. My daughter doesn’t fully, but they were excited to give toys to other kids. My oldest is almost 6 and my youngest just turned 4.
Do you do toy rotations?
@Monica not really. We don’t have a lot of space to store or display the toys, so everything is packed into a toy box that is overflowing.
@Genevieve what I do is get those viral color coded mesh bags to put the smaller toys into categories and also get small bins from dollar tree for morning baskets. But if you don’t have the space you could use a door shoe organizer also?
My kids are 12 and 10 ans I still throw things out when they are at their dads 😂 they don't notice so clearly didn't use any of them.
I tried this with my three year old and suddenly everything she hadn’t touched in months was the most special item she owned and I couldn’t possibly get rid of it! So just do it when they aren’t around 😂
I’m not even sure if they will understand the concept of keep/give away, and will either want to keep everything or not be interested in the process at all.