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Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Getting Rid of Clutter in Your Home

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when there's something in your house you want to get rid of, but your kids want to keep? Danny tells John about a time this very scenario happened in his home. Also, to help you be more organized, Jim Daly and Courtney Ellis will encourage you to teach your kids generosity, and to be honest with yourself about your spending patterns.

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0:00.0

We all have things that we value, but it might not be a shared value.

0:07.0

For instance, I came home one time and my wife told me she started to clear out a pile of papers that I had in my office, which was a very kind gesture but

0:15.0

drove me nuts.

0:17.8

She didn't know my plan for that pile of papers.

0:21.2

It only happened once she saw my horror and said, okay, I won't do that again.

0:25.7

What about your children?

0:27.1

What about their stuff in your space?

0:29.7

We're talking about that today.

0:31.0

I'm John Fuller with Dr Danny

0:32.6

Werta who heads up our parenting department and Danny we all face this as a

0:37.0

parent. Do you have a time or two that comes to mind for you? In our home we've

0:41.4

all experienced that moment.

0:43.0

For me recently my wife said let's just get rid of the Star Wars poster.

0:47.0

It's framed up, it looks really nice, it's an old Star Wars one.

0:51.0

I said no, no, no, no that she goes no no no no let's just

0:54.8

clear that out but so many other things to clear out right so you bring that stuff

0:58.8

to the office sometimes I do I've brought some things for she goes let's get rid of that I go no no no well I'll take that to my office and I have a couple things in my counseling office that have been removed from the house. And then we...

1:14.0

My son with his Legos, he has tons of Legos.

1:18.0

My wife will say, let's just clear these Legos out.

1:20.0

I go, no, no, no.

1:22.0

I mean, Legos always have purpose, every single piece, right?

1:25.5

So those are the two places I've struggled and I've advocated for my son, anything collectible that way. then with my wife it was funny we

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