TRASHING THEIR ART WORK?

Your kid's first art work is special to you. And i know that piece will stay longer and sometimes forever in your storewell along with your valuables. But what about the other paintings and junk drawings...are you going to keep them all, or can you take the liberty to trash them?

It is always better to ask the child and them think of throwing them away. We never know the child might be emotionally attached to a certain painting, he/she might have made an art piece after visiting a zoo or a holiday tour and got inspired or if its a piece of sweet memory. You should not be sitting feeling bad.

Ask today, they might say yes to thrashing the papers, sometimes they might request to keep them but if you ask them after a month, that piece might not be on their priority list so the child might agree to throw it away.

Some children however, want to keep all their paintings and papers forever. Now, you have to tel them clearly that all this junk cant be stored at home. Thats when the child has to prioritize which one stays. Parents should also teach the children to safeguard only the valuable stuff and let go of the junk instead of piling up things for mommy to organise and worry about.

- Prathyusha Talluri