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  i’m 20, my parents have a humongous bin full of close to all my drawings and it’s. pretty overwhelming tbh
context: My kid just shows us and throws it in recycling himself. Not in any sort of upset way. >
  
  That’s kinda cool but what if they made something cool you wanna hold on to? >
  
  Then we do. And he’s cool with that too. Just laid back about the whole thing. And I’m with you, I don’t want most of the crap. >
  
  I don’t have my son allll the time so the stuff I get is staying around. >
  
  I get that. I used to too. I coparent. But when I move I have all these bins of shit and I’m forced to sift through it. Most of it isn’t actually special, like I’m keeping coloring book pages? Why? Haha >
  
  Everything the kids have ever made fits into a tote. It's a LOT. Believe me when I tell you it's a lot of fun to look through 25 years later. >
  
  Everything though? I feel like if I didn’t clear some stuff out now and again I’d have like 7 totes. And they aren’t even grown up yet >
  
  Well I can't say everything was kept but the great majority were. I guess it depends on what you deem worthy in the beginning. >
  
  I do a purge and go through it. I keep whatever I think is the best art, or shows their personality the most >
  
  Sounds like you're doing it right >
  
  Take pics then toss! I also gave my kids their "best" art and report cards. >
  
  we randomly clear and toss BUT we had the first drawing she made of the family framed in a super nice marble frame and have it on the wall prominently featured, not hidden in a hall or anything.
  It literally just crayon scratches and torn, but she was 1 1/2 and pointed to the scratches saying me, mama, papa, doggy.
  I figure that buys us some long term investment in her mental well being as parents who care about her. >
  
  Hell yeah. Me too! When my first kid was 1 I had her stomp around on a canvas with some cornstarch paint. Framed it and kept it >
  
  good man! do your thing >
  
  I held on to everything when he was in preschool but now hes in kindergarten and its getting to be too much. I had to start tossing >
  
  i’m 20, my parents have a humongous bin full of close to all my drawings and it’s. pretty overwhelming tbh >
  
  I'm 19 and have almost every single driving I've ever made, I have thrown away a few ones I thought was cringe and regret it so much >
  
  With my ex wife she had three kids from another guy, her kids would scribble a line on every freaking sticky note in a pack an want me to keep it.
  I tossed it, only kept stuff that actually mattered >
  
  You can also have a massive bin you throw them in >
  
  I keep nicer things they do in art class, or personalized things like something with their handprint, but a majority goes in the trash. >
  
  My kid just shows us and throws it in recycling himself. Not in any sort of upset way. >
  
  That’s kinda cool but what if they made something cool you wanna hold on to? >
  
  Then we do. And he’s cool with that too. Just laid back about the whole thing. And I’m with you, I don’t want most of the crap. >
  
  I don’t have my son allll the time so the stuff I get is staying around. >
  
  I get that. I used to too. I coparent. But when I move I have all these bins of shit and I’m forced to sift through it. Most of it isn’t actually special, like I’m keeping coloring book pages? Why? Haha >
  
  Everything the kids have ever made fits into a tote. It's a LOT. Believe me when I tell you it's a lot of fun to look through 25 years later. >
  
  Everything though? I feel like if I didn’t clear some stuff out now and again I’d have like 7 totes. And they aren’t even grown up yet >
  
  Well I can't say everything was kept but the great majority were. I guess it depends on what you deem worthy in the beginning. >
  
  I do a purge and go through it. I keep whatever I think is the best art, or shows their personality the most >
  
  Sounds like you're doing it right >
  
  Take pics then toss! I also gave my kids their "best" art and report cards. >
  
  we randomly clear and toss BUT we had the first drawing she made of the family framed in a super nice marble frame and have it on the wall prominently featured, not hidden in a hall or anything.
  It literally just crayon scratches and torn, but she was 1 1/2 and pointed to the scratches saying me, mama, papa, doggy.
  I figure that buys us some long term investment in her mental well being as parents who care about her. >
  
  Hell yeah. Me too! When my first kid was 1 I had her stomp around on a canvas with some cornstarch paint. Framed it and kept it >
  
  good man! do your thing >
  
  I held on to everything when he was in preschool but now hes in kindergarten and its getting to be too much. I had to start tossing