"Payne says. The average child has 150 toys. "When you cut the toys and clothes back ... the kids really like it." He aims for a cut of roughly 75%: he tosses out the broken toys and gives away the outgrown ones and the busy, noisy, blinking ones that do the playing for you."
I'm glad to see my toy minimalism is vindicated. Though kind of shocking that the average kid has 150 toys! Wonder if they are counting every action figure and Matchbox car separately. Though I've seen some crazy playrooms so maybe that is close to the norm.
A good rule of thumb I've heard is to aim for 10 toys. We probably come close if you count things in sets: blocks, basket of cars, dress up box, etc.
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"Payne says. The average child has 150 toys. "When you cut the toys and clothes back ... the kids really like it." He aims for a cut of roughly 75%: he tosses out the broken toys and gives away the outgrown ones and the busy, noisy, blinking ones that do the playing for you."
I'm glad to see my toy minimalism is vindicated. Though kind of shocking that the average kid has 150 toys! Wonder if they are counting every action figure and Matchbox car separately. Though I've seen some crazy playrooms so maybe that is close to the norm.
A good rule of thumb I've heard is to aim for 10 toys. We probably come close if you count things in sets: blocks, basket of cars, dress up box, etc.