Aug. 4, 2023
ENOUGH
My Kid Refuses To Throw Anything Out

How many of you have a kid who loves bits and bobs and shiny pieces of trash? CJ Kelsey does: “She is a collector of everything — not just ordinary objects, but literal trash as well. Where this tendency came from, I often wonder. I’m not the tidiest person, but I also don’t covet scraps of paper and string,” she writes. “It’s a funny sight to watch her running around the house picking things up from the floor, diverting her path toward her bedroom instead of the trash can if I don’t catch her in time. To her, whether it’s a coin or rubber band, it may as well be a nugget of gold.”

You’ll get a kick out of it, especially if you keep finding shoeboxes full of “collections” that follow no rhyme or reason.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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