Toy Story - with Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder...
A growing number of parents are rethinking the urge to pamper their kids with new toys. Will this minimalist approach become the next big trend in parenting?
Some parents in the western world are frustrated with the overwhelming number of toys in their homes. They realize that the volume of stuff in their house is not enhancing their quality of life, but inhibiting it. Several families find them self faced with a messy home. Moreover, the toys took on an unintended purpose. Husband and wife both worked full-time jobs, the toys “filled the absence.”
“it took me thirty-three years to learn the importance of getting rid of things and owning less, My kids already seem to understand the value of having little. When in stores, my kids never make loud scenes or beg for items they see”
The average American kid has 150 toys, If you have two to three kids, you’re up to like 500 toys.
We need a minimalist approach that centered around scaling down one’s possessions “back to the basics.” We need to reduce stress on our children and our self, allowing room for connection, creativity, and relaxation. Our life does not have value based on what we have - Our life has value based on who we are.
Christmas is so much more than just giving in abandoned to compensate for what we failed to provide in terms of feelings. There is certainly a christian tendency of "absolution", kind of resetting ones bad conscious by giving, for all one missed during the past year.
