Comments on: Our Disposable Society http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2008/05/19/our-disposable-society/ flexibility in raising kids Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2008/05/19/our-disposable-society/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Kathy Wed, 21 May 2008 01:58:19 +0000 http://parentingbytrialanderror.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-45 Oh, I'm the same way about saving things! Of course, I've also read "The Tightwad Gazette" books more times than I can remember, but... I reuse plastic bags and throw away glass jars. Sounds stupid, but I have a steady supply of glass jars (good ol' peanut butter & jelly, not to mention spaghetti sauce), and am out of room in my kitchen! My natural tendencies lie toward hoarding; but I also like the amount of extra space I have when I get rid of stuff I don't need. It also makes me feel better. Clutter weighs me down. So, if one of my kids' toys has seen better days (or is broken), I don't have a problem with tossing it. So it's going to be hard to teach them to value things when I don't. But I do try to get them to be careful with some things -- it's just hard for me to do that, though, when they have so much stuff, and sometimes I secretly wish for toys to get broken so I have an excuse to throw them away! All that said, I think this week we'll have just one bag of trash to toss. Oh, I’m the same way about saving things! Of course, I’ve also read “The Tightwad Gazette” books more times than I can remember, but… I reuse plastic bags and throw away glass jars. Sounds stupid, but I have a steady supply of glass jars (good ol’ peanut butter & jelly, not to mention spaghetti sauce), and am out of room in my kitchen!

My natural tendencies lie toward hoarding; but I also like the amount of extra space I have when I get rid of stuff I don’t need. It also makes me feel better. Clutter weighs me down. So, if one of my kids’ toys has seen better days (or is broken), I don’t have a problem with tossing it. So it’s going to be hard to teach them to value things when I don’t. But I do try to get them to be careful with some things — it’s just hard for me to do that, though, when they have so much stuff, and sometimes I secretly wish for toys to get broken so I have an excuse to throw them away!

All that said, I think this week we’ll have just one bag of trash to toss.

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