What is the 20 toy rule?
Larry Abernathy
2025-06-03 19:38:57
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It was then that I knew we needed a change. That was that day we decided on a very simple rule that would become the foundation for how we would live: Fewer things, more peace. I said, “Buddy, we are going to get rid of some things today. We can throw some things away and give some things away, but at the end of it all, you are only going to have 20 toys left.” We called it The 20-Toy Rule. 20 toys sounds like a lot… or maybe it doesn’t. But you’d be surprised at how many things children can accumulate. I was shocked when we began moving towards 20 toys each. We don’t spoil our children and I already had been pretty strict about the toy situation. But when I sat with my son in his room that day, I had to face the fact that we had allowed in too much stuff. The less we have, the less overwhelmed we feel. And the less overwhelmed we feel, the happier we are. We don’t need stuff, we need peace.