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Marie Kondo “messy” quote: Why the parenting world lost its mind over a Kondo headline. - Slate

Marie Kondo “messy” quote: Why the parenting world lost its mind over a Kondo headline. - Slate

Marie Kondo “messy” quote: Why the parenting world lost its mind over a Kondo headline. - Slate
Jan 31, 2023 1 min, 12 secs

The fellow mom who sent the link in my group chat quipped, “Least surprising headline in history.” Tens of thousands of parents shared similar sentiments.

But this piece I wrote about toy limitations, when she had just had her first Christmas and birthday and I was convinced that the stuff I got her—a suite of gorgeous and expensive Waldorf-ish items from Bella Luna Toys—would teach her to want very few playthings, made of wood and fabric?

Not only do we not “tidy” together, she, suffering from a serious case of horror vacui, actively un-tidies, arranging the floor of her bedroom so that it’s a sea of used-up coloring books, vending machine trinkets, and dusty stuffies.

And yes, it makes you feel bad about yourself to encounter advice all over social media that suggests you weren’t persistent, consistent, or persuasive enough to live an uncluttered life that, frankly, looks really relaxing.

This year, I finally unfollowed a parenting influencer on Instagram, a stay-at-home Montessori mom with a gorgeous house and five sometimes-homeschooled children who seem never to desire to sleep on top of a pile of broken Kinder Egg prizes and single Uno cards long parted from their sets.

“I HATE MYSELF FOR WANTING IT SO MUCH,” my daughter wailed recently when we were in the throes of a fight over whether she should be able to buy yet another Disney Princess Bracelet Activity Surprise kit at CVS.

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