Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - How To Let Go of Kid Clutter
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🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Kids generate so…much…stuff. A lot of it is memorable. Videos of their first words? So cute. Colorful drawings that progressively get better? Masterpieces. Trophies, stuffies, books? All valuable. The problem: There’s no way to keep everything. So how do you figure out what to cherish and what to toss? On this episode from our friends at Slate's How To! podcast, co-hosts Carvell Wallace and Courtney Martin bring in Nonnahs Driskill, professional organizer and founder of Get Organized Already. She has lots of insight into why we value certain items, what it means to have an organizing mindset, and how to archive your child’s life in a way that works for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey mom and dad are fighting listeners. We're off for Thanksgiving, but didn't want to leave you without an episode. |
| 0:05.0 | So today we're sharing a fun one from our friends at Slate How-To- Podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | The episode features former mom and-and-dada fighting host, Car Carvel Wallace and friend of the show |
| 0:13.6 | Courtney Martin tackling an age-old question. How to archive your child's life |
| 0:18.2 | without drowning under art projects, sports memorabilia, and onesies. Before I turn the mic over, we need your help though. |
| 0:25.0 | We're preparing for the annual mom and dad are fighting holiday party episode. |
| 0:28.0 | It's going to be so much fun. |
| 0:30.0 | We even wrangle the kids on the mic. |
| 0:31.0 | Here's where we need something from you. |
| 0:33.6 | Send us your questions for the kids. |
| 0:35.3 | Email us at mom and dad at slate.com |
| 0:37.7 | or call in at 646.3579318. Thank you so much. |
| 0:44.0 | Okay, without further ado, here's Carvel and Courtney. |
| 0:47.0 | We'll see you back here on Monday. |
| 0:49.0 | I lost all my photos in 2017, which absolutely horrific it was like a iPhone new |
| 0:55.0 | iPhone transfer tragedy yes I had no backup and so I lost all the photos of |
| 1:00.4 | everything all the kids everything it was heartbreaking and I was like sick to my stomach for like three days and then I sort of got over it. |
| 1:08.0 | And now I have a camera roll that has you know 7,000 fr photos in it and I cannot let go of any of them and |
| 1:16.3 | some of it is like not having the tools but a lot of it is emotional like I'm just |
| 1:22.1 | You need to talk to you a therapist about that one. How to I'm Courtney Martin. And I'm Carvel Wallace. |
| 1:34.0 | Now, Carvel, before we start the show today, |
| 1:37.0 | there's something I want to play for you. |
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