Edit Your Life Episode 46: Should We Force Our Kids To Be Tidy?

We’re living in a time where decluttering is considered “an act of moral courage.” But tidying is a far more complicated issue, particularly depending on your personal history and family personalities. In reaction to a New York Times piece on the (seemingly simple!) question of whether we should force kids to be tidy, in Episode 46 Asha and I discuss the current decluttering culture, upbringing issues, the downside of decluttering, and how to take different family personalities into account.

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