This Week’s Focus: The Kids

Recently on a forum I belong to, a conversation started up about how to organize your kids things: toys, books, papers, clothes.

My husband and I recently did a super-purge of all our son’s things. I donated 7 bags of clothes; I donated 2 boxes of toys; I organized and straightened out everything in his room and in our living room.

I have a lot of advise to give on this topic. Managing all the ’stuff’ that comes with kids is hard and it can be overwhelming. Here are the keys to keeping it all under control:

1. Purge – get rid of the old stuff
2. Limit – your child wont play with everything and doesn’t have to
3. Organize – use baskets, bins, etc. to keep it neat and tidy and usable
4. Manage – maintain every day

I’ll post more tomorrow – with the steps. But now, you should plan. Do you have a play room to tackle? If not, maybe you need to de-clutter in the living room and your kid’s bedroom.

Link Love:

Super Cool Ideas for managing the kids stuff at TheHouseholdHelper.com
WonderYearsRadio recently had an episode on handling the kids stuff (yes, I am the guest – LOL)
Join the discussion over at Blissfully Domestic!