Marie Kondo and the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Parenting

Dr. Meg Meeker

In 2014, Japanese author and organization expert Marie Kondo released the English translation of her best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Since then, the book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S., Marie Kondo was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and now her best-selling book has been turned into a hit Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.”

Kondo has grown famous for her unique method of organizing called the KonMari method. The method takes you through intentionally decluttering every space in your home by holding individual items and asking if that item “sparks joy” in you. If it does, keep it. If it doesn’t, give it away.

The series has been met with mixed reviews, but has been popular and widely discussed, proving that people want to tidy up, declutter and live more simple lives.

In one particular episode, Marie Kondo helps a family with two small children. Through tears, the parents say that the clutter in their home really began to take its toll when their kids were born. They had less time and energy to clean, less time to be together as a couple and the messy kitchen and bedrooms…

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