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Could be a stupid question, but once they've finished secondary what do you do with their school books?

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icouldjusteatacroissant · 27/09/2015 13:52

I have a huge pile of school books, every subject, I mean work books, that have been filled by her over 5 years. Complete with doodles, thoughts etc. DD is saying, what are you keeping them for, chuck 'em, I'll never need them again. DH is saying the loft will only stand so much weight. I'm sentimental and a bit of a hoarder anyway.

What have you done with your kids books?

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senua · 27/09/2015 19:41

I've kept some things. DS told me to chuck them but I think that even if he doesn't want them at the moment then his DW and/or DC might like to look at them and have a laugh in years to come.
If not, they can bin them then.

They might be interesting social history or solve some "in my day ..." arguments.Grin

thatstoast · 27/09/2015 19:27

Read this book, then throw them out:

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective/dp/0091955106

Please listen to me as the daughter of a hoarder who has to go to her mother's house and see the crap ocarina I made 20 years ago and other assorted crap.

Sparklingbrook · 27/09/2015 19:24

I think the thing is that my parents don't have a box of mine and DB's school books anywhere so it's no big deal if I chuck DS's.

i just wish I had done it every July and not have 12 year's worth now. Blush

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icouldjusteatacroissant · 27/09/2015 19:21

I have to say I am ShockShockShock as you heartless and ruthless people Grin

Omg, I don't know if i can do it. I looked through some today, and the horrific spelling from Y6 brought lovely reminiscent tears to my eyes. All that hard work, over all those years, to then bin them.

There's no wonder my house is cluttered. Actually, dd has said if I want to keep them, fine, but remove the huge pile from her bedroom into mine!

Savage do you not have painful flashbacks and nightmares after taking them to the tip??Hmm

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Savagebeauty · 27/09/2015 14:45

I took them to the tip

Sparklingbrook · 27/09/2015 14:44

Some of the exercise books are so thick. page after page of writing, essays and hard work, it somehow feels awful to throw them into the recycling. If that doesn't sound daft.

TheSecondOfHerName · 27/09/2015 14:39

In primary, each year we kept a few pieces of work and put them in a file.

In secondary, we keep the exercise books until the end of that key stage and then recycle them. I don't even know why we keep them that long, as none of my children have ever used their old exercise books as a resource for revision or anything else.

Sparklingbrook · 27/09/2015 14:21

YY text books to DS2 .

He has binned all books not relating to the 4 subjects he's continuing.

Unfortunately in our loft is a carrier bag of books from each year starting in 2003 for DS1 and 2006 for DS2 which I should just chuck but can't face getting down.

TeenAndTween · 27/09/2015 14:18

Once we got exam results, everything went in the recycling except the languages stuff. She is carrying one on, and the other might be handy for younger sister.

All revision guides bar languages have gone to people in year below or to Oxfam books. DD2 is 6 years behind so everything will have changed before she gets to use them.

SoupDragon · 27/09/2015 13:57

Stick them in the paper recycling bin.

Moln · 27/09/2015 13:57

Recycle them.

Pixi2 · 27/09/2015 13:55

I threw mine. Your dd is right. Don't hoard. If you really really want to, pull out a couple of pages of each book and have it made into a keepsake book.