Minimalism for Living, Family & Budgeting by K.L. Hammond

Author:K.L. Hammond [Hammond, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-30T04:30:00+00:00

It’s fun for the kids to involve themselves in the decisions of what to get rid of. It also heavily motivates them to actively contribute to the household in a creative manner.

Trade Clutter for Screen Time

As time goes on, provide your children with new incentives to keep them encouraged and motivated to work hard towards the family’s goal of minimalism. For each bag of clutter, they are willing to donate or get rid of, give them another half an hour of television watching or video game playing.

One-Basket Rule

When you have so many people living under one roof, minimalism and actually succeeding at it can seem rather impossible some days. But remember that it is doable! I have found this rule to be quite effective in households with lots of kids.

Tell your kids that they can have one small basket in the living area or toy room of the toys they wish to play with often. They must put back their toys in this basket when they are done with them. If they fail to do such, put their toy basket in a “time-out” in your bedroom closet. I usually keep it there for a week. This keeps parents from going insane from all the nagging of putting things away. Switch out toys every month or so and put the rotated items they wish to keep in a locked room downstairs. This helps kids from becoming bored with them. If they decide with you that it’s time to get rid of items, then donate them!

Be Minimal with Activities

When you have a jungle of kids, it’s hard for the parents to keep up with a plethora of various activities between children. Do not get sucked into the hype of having your kids involved in everything. This will save you from many inevitable headaches down the road.

Pick activities that the majority or all of your kids can participate in. This way, you can drop them off and pick them up all at once, buy all the same uniforms, gather all the same supplies, etc.

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