Q&A: How to Handle Kids Sentimental Items & Baby Gear

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Kids stuff! There is SO much stuff that comes along with having kids! The good news is: you don’t have to keep it all! Today we’ll talk about how you can very confidently know what to keep and what to let go when it comes to children’s items.

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0:00.0	It is not possible for us to keep all of it and not become overwhelmed by it.
0:06.0	Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast.
0:08.8	Dawn reaches a million women each month with practical tips to simplify your home.
0:14.4	If you're looking for more help, she has over 700 videos on YouTube to help you declutter quickly.
0:20.0	Today, Dawn answers two questions submitted by viewers.
0:23.7	Here's the first. Hi, Dawn. Huge fan here. My question is about my kids' schoolwork. My daughter is in
0:30.4	pre-K and my son is in the second grade. I have a hard time knowing what to keep and what to throw away.
0:37.9	I am emotionally attached to all of it.
0:41.1	I just need help and ideas on what questions to ask myself about whether or not I should keep something or throw it away.
0:49.7	I think what to keep from our children's childhood falls into the category of things we were
0:56.5	not taught growing up.
0:58.9	And so even if you're past this season of life where you have small kids, I still think
1:03.9	the questions we're going to talk through could still be helpful with other types of sentimental
1:08.1	clutter too.
1:09.3	So you might still find this helpful. And so the very first
1:13.8	question that I would ask you is, what are you afraid of? So usually when we're having a strong
1:21.5	attachment to things, it is because we are fearful of something. And so, for example, if there is something hanging in
1:29.4	our closet that still has the tags on it and we know we should get rid of it, but yet we feel
1:34.8	this like really strong connection to it, often we are fearful that if we declutter it,
1:41.8	then that will actually mean that we wasted money on it.
1:45.4	So we were wasteful with our resources.
1:47.7	And most of us don't have lots of extra resources just to be spending on clothes we're not wearing.
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