How do you dispose your kid's excess stuff away without upsetting him/her?

Very sneakily...I find that children accept what they can not change more readily then adults. I used to have sneak out of my house, whenever my cousin came to visit, because if he saw me leaving he would flip, but if I was just gone, he would accept it. As for toys, when we did that this summer with our three year old, we just told him we were having a yard sale, and he seemed to accept that, he snuck a few toys back out, and we just gently reaffirmed that that was a yard sale toy. We had a lot of toys that we had boxed up and had in the basement for a few months, so he seemed to have forgotten we had them. Sincerely and With Appreciation.

I would not sneak around to sort out the toys for my girls. I taught my girls if the toys were broken they were thrown away if they couldn't be fixed. My daughters believe me had alot of toys and stuff they collected. So in order to keep the house somewhat organized we would go through the toys together. I would ask how much to you actually play with this one, do you really need it. They would answer first yes it is played with and I want to keep it. I told them that if we can't sort out between what to keep and what to get rid of, then there wouldn't be any room for new ones. What we did was sort through toys and then sold them in a yard sale for others to be able to enjoy and play with. The money was used to help teach the girls what it cost to have those toys. They had to use the money they earned to purchase gifts for family or friends for birthdays and holidays. I would take them to the store and they would have to choose, after we would look at several of their ideas. They would also have to pay the cashier with their own money. As they got older they would actually sort out their own toys and stuff to put in the yard sale. Eventually they would use the money to purchase things they wanted as well as gifts for others. That was one way I would learn what they truly would like for themselves for my gift giving.

I probably having the same problem like you, my son is 3 year old, and having lots of toys in the store room. Almost everyday, he will make the whole store room's with all of his toys on the floor. And there are so many that broken and he still playing it. So what I did is I will tell him that if he not going to keep it every time after he played it, I am going to throw it away, so after telling him for many time, sometime he get frustrated and just ask me to throw it away, so I will just throw those broken and not playable toy away, when he ask me about the particular toy later, I will just tell him that he asked me to throw it away already.

hi devi! i have the same problem with my sister's kids stuff. but i am a bit strict with them. this way may not suit with you. i just dispose them without they know about it. the day they come back they just realized that some of the toys are gone. and i am telling the truth to them and reasons why i did so. some of the toys need to be dispose as soon as possible.they can't even play with them anymore. luckily they can accept it. sometimes i will ask them to help me to dispose them as those toys can't be use any more.this way i will supervised while they will choose which one should be dispose or not.

This is quite difficult sometimes, but what I found to be helpful in my home is that from time to time I expressed the need of other less fortunate children so I made a game out of it and we would go through certain things and I would express, now, now think about the little girl and or boy that would find you such a great wonderful person, as when they hold and play with these toys they will forever love you. Oh both my kids felt so important, even if some of the toys I had to discard as really they were broken. So we have to be very sneaky about how we go about it. As if they knew we were throwing them away they would be so hurt.

Let her watch Toy Story 3. If she can already understand things, that movie will teach her how to let go of things that really matter to you most.

I would tell her that in order for her to get new toys she has to get rid of the new. Try telling her about a little girl who's parents may not be able to afford new toys would love to play with that doll she doesn't use anymore. Maybe teaching her about helping others through giving her old toys away will help her let go of them. I usually clean out my daughters toy box once a month when she is not at home. I just get rid of all the broken crayons and mcdonalds toys that she never plays with. Heck most of her good toys she doesn't even play with but I am saving for her little sister. You could also sell them on ebay but giving them to needy is better I think.

In the past when i have wanted to get rid of a few of my childrens toys etc i have waited until they were at school or out for the day with my husband.Then what i have done is taken up a few black bags and started with clearing drawers and worked my way through their rooms.Every bag that i filled i took to my mums and then put the bags in her bins as well as the lady that lived next to her,that way the children never found them.As soon as there is a broken toy i see i bin that toy as soon as the childrens backs were turned.

Hello dev, I think you will have a hard time convincing a 3 year old kid. I was able to convinced my kids to give away their toys when they get older already,about 7 years old for my eldest. With my youngest,it was only recently that we were able to give away some of his stuffs. Maybe you can start throwing away some torn or useless toys by pieces without her knowledge. I don't think she knows each of her toys,in that mountain big like piles. Just try hiding some and observe if she will look or remember any,then if she won't asks for it...then you can dispose pieces by pieces just to have some space for new things or gifts to come.

If i need tosort out my children's toys or clothing, i would it in a positive way. i would try to include them in the decision. i would tell them that are needy children in the world who could be helped with their donation,. This would make everyone feel good about the task.

Explain to your daughter that unless she gets rid of some of her older toys there will be no room in your house for any more, and stick to it! She'll soon change her mind

I am also the same problem, everyday i have explain my daughter and change her mind. i will expect at the earliest she will change. thanking you.