Parents, how much of your kids' school work do you save?

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My kids are now all grown up but I do have a tin with some paintings in, cards they made me, a journal my son wrote in junior school that contains some very funny stuff. Little things like that. The rest has gradually been removed to the bin. My kids think I am a nut for keeping what I have. Well except my middle child who regularly gives me a guilt trip for not using the teapot she made in pottery class. I would but I need to lift more weights and build up my muscles first.

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