Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 3rd Edition by Pinsky Susan;

Author:Pinsky, Susan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2023-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Best Weeding Practices for all Age Groups

Schedule: Starting in infancy, schedule clothing and toys weeding sessions about every three months as infant brains and bodies change rapidly. Schedule separate days for sorting clothes and toys; they are each a big job. By about age 3, this can be reduced to a biannual project in which you sort and then weed out the old, broken, never liked nor played with, and no longer developmentally appropriate items for donation or trash, or bin and label them with the age range for the next sibling. This is an adults-only project, as this age group is not developmentally ready to tackle this task. Eliminate items discretely while they are asleep or away. Somewhere between ages 6–8, depending on the child, we slowly bring them into the task, maybe including them for only one shelf or category as their attention allows. Schedule this before the holidays and birthdays to make room for in-coming gifts. At the end of the reorganization, place the next date on the calendar even if it is 6 months hence.

Keep or Go?: During the biannual purges, we address every item with, “keep or go.” With tweens to teens, ask them the question and abide by their answer (not second guessing one way or another!). With the 6- to 10-year-olds, we may make another pass—or skip a category (party favors, fast-food toys) altogether and weed them ourselves when the child is not home. We do not want to torture our children with developmentally inappropriate decision fatigue. Usually it is best to schedule a separate day for clothes weeding. This will naturally be scheduled at the change of seasons or beginning of the school year. As clothes are weeded, make a list (on your phone or paper, but if the latter take a picture of it!) of what needs to be replaced for the coming season in a bigger size. Buy only from the list. If your in-laws bring over a trash bag of hand-me-downs, go through it and pull out ONLY what is about to fit and already on your list.

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