What to do with the stuff your kids don't want

Gen-Xers and millennials often don’t want to polish silver or hand wash china. They’re also typically not interested in dark, heavy furniture, books, photo albums, vintage linens or someone else’s collections. Filepic

Parents who are downsizing or simply decluttering may have to get creative at finding homes for all their unwanted possessions - particularly these days.

The generations that came after the baby boom are famously less interested than their predecessors in the trappings of domestic life, says Elizabeth Stewart, author of No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and What To Do With Them).