a Messy Home vs. a Well-Organized One => Which is better for the kids?

Rating: 5 after 2 votes

I stumbled upon this today, and thought it was quite interesting.

I don't have kids yet, so I would really like to know what your opinions/experiences with this are.
Any ideas?

>>
"An important reason to have a messier home is just plain physical health," David H. Freeman, co-author of A Perfect Mess, told the magazine. "It's counterintuitive, but the more we know about asthma, germs and the immune system, the more we understand that part of being safe is being exposed to germs and building up a tolerance to them at a young age."

There's more. There are cognitive benefits to playing (or even working) in a messy home. Freeman explains that when you're in a messy space, you "get to see a lot of things in one place, which can bring about random stimulation. That's a big part of creativity."

He advises parents to back off the notion of having children put away one toy before playing with another. "Children and adults have more ideas when they have a lot of things in front of them. They are less restricted."

(i read it here)

I Support The White Ribbon Campaign While Shopping Online.

Visit their online shopping mall and save at over 800 merchants.

Tags: cleaning, home, organized

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Ruthie Appleby on January 19, 2009 at 11:04pm: a clean peaceful home is always best.
Ruthie; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sew About My World on January 20, 2009 at 4:21am: "A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place" This doesn't mean you can't let children finger paint, make homemade play dough or erect tent city in your family room with blankets.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carmen on January 20, 2009 at 5:39am: Well, all I can say is that my home office is very stimulating! My daughter and I should be some of the most creative people around here! lol.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jessica on January 20, 2009 at 7:43am: I try to keep my house organized, but I gave that up a long time ago :-) I mean I have bins to keep all my sons stuff organized, but it's never to the point where I'm like "O.K. plastic toys go in this bin, playdough goes in this bin." As long as the mess gets picked up afterwards he can be as unorganized as he wants to be.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by aida alinsub on January 20, 2009 at 8:37am: Who doesn't like a nice, clean and organized home? Not me for sure... this is one good training I can give to my children.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angela on January 20, 2009 at 10:10pm: I agree with Crystal. I prefer a clean and organized home.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kristina on January 21, 2009 at 6:59am: Thanks for your replies!
I really appreciate that you shared :)
I hope i'll master my .. 'organizing' skills by the time i have kids :) but i think in my case it's still going to be clean, but a little messy.. creative clutter type mess, i guess :); ▶ Reply to This