Help needed - best way to declutter sons bedroom?

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My 10 yr old DS bedroom is a tip. Problem is he had far too many toys and most he doesn't play with. It needs sorting, just want advice on best way to do it.

Option 1 - We both sort through the toys together.
Done this before with him. We got rid of some stuff but he wanted to keep loads , so didn't feel that we had the sort out I wanted. (Did the whole donate to charity, "but you haven't played with it/you forgot you had it" talk!)

Option 2 - I do it myself.
That way I could really sort out his room. But is it right that I get rid of toys that he may have wanted to keep? Maybe I'm being too soft.

The other thing I thought of was getting him to put in one container all the toys he wants to keep and leave the rest to me. So he gets some input.

Was also thinking of doing it my way (option 2!) but keeping the toys (hidden from him) for a while, in case there are any serious disagreements with my descisions!

My DS is really attached to some of these toys, although he has hardly touched most since the last sort out (pre-Christmas!). I just don't want to adopt bad habits and become a hoarder!

Thanks for reading and for your time :)

Sort out storage in your ds room (if you haven't already).

Tell him he can only keep what fits in the storage boxes.

Lock yourselves in bedroom until its done.

I found with my ds (though only 7yo) the first time was really painful and we didn't get rid of as much as I would like but 3 months later we got rid of a bit more and then 3 months after that we got rid of even more and so on. Each time was easier and it got better and better.

Thanks, sounds like this could be a long process then!!

Since posting, I actually asked him for his opinion. He opted for watching me do it! (Fat chance!) I then pointed out that he's got a big box of little toy soldiers that he hasn't played with for over a year, so they should go. He wasn't happy with that and said no.

It's going to be a long, painful battle. I'd estimate that we need to get rid of half of the stuff in his room.

I tend to hide things ds hasn't played with for ages in our garage. If he doesn't notice in two months I then take it to the charity shop by which point he has forgotten they existed. Stealth tidying.

I was tending to go with your thinking peachypips before posting this thread, thanks.

He's probably going to be away at his nanny's next weekend, so will have a good opportunity to blitz it!