Dani Hardy

be very empathetic but also they want to tell stories you know we'll go through a box and it's got all of these different items and books and ornaments and each one has a story and so they tell me that story and they share it and then they're able to let that item go someone's heard them exactly exactly I find it very very rewarding

be very empathetic but also they want to tell stories you know we'll go through a box and it's got all of these different items and books and ornaments and each one has a story and so they tell me that story and they share it and then they're able to let that item go someone's heard them exactly exactly I find it very very rewarding

Oh, so many parents just get so frustrated by the toys and the mess. And I think kids do have too many toys. But also, I think that when you go and say to children, go upstairs and tidy your room, they don't know how to tidy their room.

Oh, so many parents just get so frustrated by the toys and the mess. And I think kids do have too many toys. But also, I think that when you go and say to children, go upstairs and tidy your room, they don't know how to tidy their room.

Yeah, yeah, you're right, actually. Yes, that's a really good sort of way to look at it. So what I do with my children and my clients is that we organise all of the toys into categories and I teach the children about the different categories. So we have all the Paw Patrol toys together. We have all of the Transformer toys together. We have all the Lego together.

Yeah, yeah, you're right, actually. Yes, that's a really good sort of way to look at it. So what I do with my children and my clients is that we organise all of the toys into categories and I teach the children about the different categories. So we have all the Paw Patrol toys together. We have all of the Transformer toys together. We have all the Lego together.

And so when it is tidy up time, they know where the items go and they also know where to find it as well. I have this thing by the door called a donation station.

And so when it is tidy up time, they know where the items go and they also know where to find it as well. I have this thing by the door called a donation station.

When the children are playing with their toys and they decide that they don't want it anymore, they just pop it in the donation station. I mean, I've got here some armbands. I mean, my children don't need armbands anymore.

When the children are playing with their toys and they decide that they don't want it anymore, they just pop it in the donation station. I mean, I've got here some armbands. I mean, my children don't need armbands anymore.

Don't need that anymore because my children are dry through the night.

Don't need that anymore because my children are dry through the night.

If you want any of it, feel free to take it home with you.

If you want any of it, feel free to take it home with you.

So true. Children can be quite, for want of a better word, possessive over their toys because it does. It belongs to them.

So true. Children can be quite, for want of a better word, possessive over their toys because it does. It belongs to them.

And actually educating children that if there's some item that they no longer want and then that toy can go on to another life and be given to another child or taken to a charity shop which can then raise money for charity and that toy that they have loved can continue to be loved rather than stuck in the back of a cupboard. then that's a really, really important lesson.

And actually educating children that if there's some item that they no longer want and then that toy can go on to another life and be given to another child or taken to a charity shop which can then raise money for charity and that toy that they have loved can continue to be loved rather than stuck in the back of a cupboard. then that's a really, really important lesson.

A top tip for parents is rather than saying, which books do you want to get rid of? Focus on which books do you want to keep? Because then that really empowers the children. It really gives them a sense of control over the whole process. Then you know that the other pile, that can go to a charity shop and continue its life somewhere else.

A top tip for parents is rather than saying, which books do you want to get rid of? Focus on which books do you want to keep? Because then that really empowers the children. It really gives them a sense of control over the whole process. Then you know that the other pile, that can go to a charity shop and continue its life somewhere else.