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If I could just understand the WHY of it...
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 78463" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>This is another form of hoarding. difficult child 3 does it ALL THE TIME. BF2 does it, and he's not even my kid - I found a lot of hair in the shower (husband & I use a different bathroom; difficult child 3 uses the bathtub). Turns out BF2 has been hoarding the hair that falls out when he showers. I laid down the law, told him and easy child 2/difficult child 2 to clean up the bathroom and get rid of the hair.</p><p></p><p>Empty shampoo bottles - I don't throw them out until I have used the last rinsings from inside the bottle, but then I DO toss them in the recycling. It does help difficult child 3's hoarding habits to be reminded that good things are made from items that get recycled. If we hang onto them, then the recyclers can't use them and they don't get to be turned into something new. And if you're shaking your head in disbelief at this - recycling is HUGE in Australia, each household is provided with free bins to sort rubbish - general rubbish goes into one (small) bin; garden waste and vegetable waste (assuming you don't have a compost bin or worm farm - also increasingly common here) goes into another bin and recycling (paper, glass, plastics) go into a third bin. Each bin is a different colour, each gets collected on a different week. By keeping the household rubbish bin small we are encouraged to recycle.</p><p>And we found - the recycling methods have reduced the hoarding. Not eliminated it, unfortunately, but it has helped. Where difficult child 3 might have in the past refused to throw out a perfectly serviceable plastic bottle, now he is happy to recycle it.</p><p></p><p>There is also re-use - if she has a project in mind, AND she gets on and does it, there could be grounds for keeping it. For example, for a while I was re-using aluminium drink cans to make small propellor windmills as garden ornaments/bird scarers (my desperate attempts to stop those blasted cockatoos attacking my plants out of sheer cussedness).</p><p></p><p>All I can suggest you do is draw her attention to it, call her back to toss the things out and maybe consider introducing recycling - having to sort your rubbish can be enough satisfaction for an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) hoarder.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 78463, member: 1991"] This is another form of hoarding. difficult child 3 does it ALL THE TIME. BF2 does it, and he's not even my kid - I found a lot of hair in the shower (husband & I use a different bathroom; difficult child 3 uses the bathtub). Turns out BF2 has been hoarding the hair that falls out when he showers. I laid down the law, told him and easy child 2/difficult child 2 to clean up the bathroom and get rid of the hair. Empty shampoo bottles - I don't throw them out until I have used the last rinsings from inside the bottle, but then I DO toss them in the recycling. It does help difficult child 3's hoarding habits to be reminded that good things are made from items that get recycled. If we hang onto them, then the recyclers can't use them and they don't get to be turned into something new. And if you're shaking your head in disbelief at this - recycling is HUGE in Australia, each household is provided with free bins to sort rubbish - general rubbish goes into one (small) bin; garden waste and vegetable waste (assuming you don't have a compost bin or worm farm - also increasingly common here) goes into another bin and recycling (paper, glass, plastics) go into a third bin. Each bin is a different colour, each gets collected on a different week. By keeping the household rubbish bin small we are encouraged to recycle. And we found - the recycling methods have reduced the hoarding. Not eliminated it, unfortunately, but it has helped. Where difficult child 3 might have in the past refused to throw out a perfectly serviceable plastic bottle, now he is happy to recycle it. There is also re-use - if she has a project in mind, AND she gets on and does it, there could be grounds for keeping it. For example, for a while I was re-using aluminium drink cans to make small propellor windmills as garden ornaments/bird scarers (my desperate attempts to stop those blasted cockatoos attacking my plants out of sheer cussedness). All I can suggest you do is draw her attention to it, call her back to toss the things out and maybe consider introducing recycling - having to sort your rubbish can be enough satisfaction for an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) hoarder. Marg [/QUOTE]
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