I have many, many pictures taken when my kids were little. Back then everything was printed. Digital pictures weren't available back then. So I have boxes of printed photos. I rarely look at them. Why don't you do what I did? Go through them, save the best ones. Discard some of them. Box them up and put them out of sight (attic or the back of the closet).

You might want them later. You don't have to purge yourself of physical things, although it's probably better to not have reminders around where you can see them every day. Just put them away on a shelf. You can always throw it out later.

I fought with my daughter from when she was 18 until she was 27. Ten years of arguments is a lot of arguing over nothing. Our most recent argument was totally ridiculous. That was at the beginning of a nine day visit, where she came to visit us. By the end of the visit we were able to be together without arguing.

People do change. But it takes a great deal of effort. Young people don't know how to deal with an older generation. I know I didn't when I was young.

If you still feel like throwing out your photographs after a year, do so. But you really need to have no contact for an entire year before you make that decision.