How do you get toddlers to give back to the community?
My DD has so much and it's time to do a little spring cleaning in her playroom. Ideally I would like to get rid of about half of what she has by donating to worthy places such as the Woman's Shelter, EMS and Goodwill. I would also not like to go behind her back to do this and just have things disappear because the kid would absolutely know things are gone and she would get very upset.
I've been talking about it for the past few weeks and at first she was completely against it but is now more willing to try. Probably because we have made it clear that she can't have any more toys until she cleans out her old ones with the argument of not enough room for everything and than we talk about how wonderful it would be for her to take toys that she doesn't play with or she has gotten too old for to people who could really use them.
So we are at cross roads with her and when we start the cleaning she could be either very excited and really get into it or blow up and have a major meltdown. So I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas in regards to this and if maybe I missed a step that might make it easier for everyone.
