The Teacher is Talking: Tackling Messy Rooms
By Leslie Lindsay I love my daughter’s room. It’s well-decorated, well-organized, and well…just a delight to be in. Not! I have a 7 year old 2nd grader. Her room is anything but neat and delightful. While the space itself clearly represents a little girl with an active imagination, a good sense of self, a huge collection of art and horses, trinkets and trash, and a mommy with a good eye for design, but it lacks in order. Big time. This weekend, I brought two big plastic tubs into her room. One tub was marked “Donations” and the other “Relocate/Repurpose.” (Image credit: Leslie Lindsay) “We’re going to play a game. It’s called ‘this or that.’ I am going to hold up two objects in your room and you are going to tell me which one you want to keep. The other item will be donated to a kid who has less than you.” Big, fat salty tears ran down her porcelian skin. “You can’t do this to me! I love everything.” At first I tried to be sympathetic. And …