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24 sats \ 4 replies \ @Catcher 16h \ on: [Parent’s Corner] the wife is always right AMA
That’s why you move the stuff to the basement first—then you throw it away from there. 😄
But seriously, I know the struggle. I often try to convince my wife to go more "minimalist" when it comes to toys and clothes, but she never really listens…
I’ve noticed something: when kids have a thousand toys, they often don’t have that one special toy they sleep with every night. At least, my daughter never did. Maybe that’s actually a good thing.
After all, maybe we shouldn’t form emotional attachments to things in the first place.
My son has special toys, but his passions come in spurts and are relatively short-lived. Right now, he is into pandas. He owns like 20 panda figurines of all shapes and sizes. Brings them everywhere he goes etc. Two weeks later, he will find something else to obsess about (and let his pandas gather dust somewhere haha).
But I see this as a mainly positive thing. Better to have many pastimes than go through life and find everything mundane
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Oh yes!
Specifically triceratops.
My knowledge of dinosaurs exploded exponentially during that phase
What is your daughter into these days?
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My son is currently going through a dinosaur phase, but he’s still too young to remember all the names — so we might revisit this interest later. (My friend’s son actually went through the dino phase twice!)
My daughter is more into school (or rather, cool) stuff these days. Gen Alpha seems really into fidget toys right now — squishies, plushies, keychains, and so on. =)
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