Parenting Tip # 20 Throw Away Your Child’s Favorite Toy

Honestly being attached to a favorite doll or action figure is kind of over rated. It is important to throw away your child’s favorite toy, because if they get attached to inanimate objects early on, then it is possible they might learn how to form a lasting relationship as an adult, and let’s remember bad parenting has to be a cycle, so it started with your parents and really depends on you messing up your child in order for this thing to work. Now depending on your level of comfort with conflict you may decide to throw it out in front of the child or while they are at school. But the important factor is letting the child know you purposely threw the toy away, don’t chicken out and pretend that the monster under the bed took it, own up to you malicious actions. When the child say’s “I can’t find my Princess Ballerina Barbie, my favorite toy ever.” It is important look your child in the eyes with the same look they give you when they did something completely wrong and say, “I know that toy was your favorite, so I threw it out.”