AceShowbiz - Jenna Bush Hager, co-host of the "Today" show, recently shared an insightful story about a parenting moment that many can relate to: the difficult balance between keeping memories and managing clutter. During a major clean-out session while her daughters Mila, 11, and Poppy, 9, were away at sleepaway camp, Bush Hager decided to throw out one of Poppy's dance trophies.

"You know, when I feel out of sorts," Bush Hager admitted, "I just throw things away." Unbeknownst to her, the trophy - a mere participation award - was something Poppy wanted to keep. "It was for a dance," Bush Hager explained, adding humorously, "It wasn't like, 'Best Dancer.' It was like, 'You danced! So you get a trophy.' "

Bush Hager's co-host, Hoda Kotb, offered words of wisdom, "You now what? I think you're teaching your kids a lesson that things are not important."

According to Bush Hager, her daughters quickly moved on from the incident. "Four seconds later, they didn't even want that," she said, highlighting how fleeting children's attachments to physical objects can be.

This isn't the first time Bush Hager has faced backlash from her children over her decluttering habits. In May 2023, daughter Mila confronted her mother about tossing out a cherished mirror she had made at camp. "I saw it in the trash can. I don't appreciate it," Mila told her.

Hoda Kotb, who is also in the process of moving with daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, supported the underlying lesson in Bush Hager's actions. "You can't have something new if you have old stuff. It works that way with everything in life. Clear it out. Say goodbye. Your kids only need this box of all their keepsakes."

As both Bush Hager and Kotb suggest, the act of decluttering can serve as a valuable life lesson for children about the insignificance of material possessions in the grand scheme of things. It's a reminder that sometimes, less really is more.