• When it comes to toys and activities, less is more for your child’s cognitive, creative, and compassion development.
• Having too many choices is actually correlated with an increase in anxiety and unhappiness.
• Which type of letting go discussed in this chapter might bring you the biggest challenges?
• What expectations do you have for your children’s future? Which ones are you willing to let go?
• Could you let go of, or not hold on to, your idea of what a perfect parent is supposed to look like?
• Use vacations and camping trips as opportunities to discuss how little you actually need and to practice sharing both space and stuff.
• Consider providing toys that leave room for creative imaginary play, not just single-purpose toys.
• If it’s hard to let go of all your kids’ toys, consider rotating some in and out of storage or rotating and trading with friends.
• Create and honor family time—be it dinners or days.