Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Kim John Payne M.Ed.amazon.com
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Kids are not monks who can meditate for hours a day, but they do the equivalent when they are involved in play, in deep, uninterrupted play.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
When a partner takes a role in various aspects of a child’s life, their understanding of the child broadens and deepens. With consistency and exclusivity from each, there is much greater rhythm in the household. There are anchors established, guaranteed opportunities for connection.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Long after babies are weaned from the breast or bottle, they continue to nurse from their parents’ emotions.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
The “little buddy parent” (which morphs, as a child gets older, into the “best friend parent”) sees no separation between their world—their adult conversations and activities—and their children’s.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
“When your child seems to deserve affection least, that’s when they need it most.”
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
“Mom, the girl who sits next to me in class, Marietta, is so stupid. Yesterday, she …” “We don’t use the word stupid in our family.” “But everyone uses the word stupid. It’s just a word!” “Some people do, and some don’t; but we don’t. When you grow up and have a family, you can decide whether your family will or not.”
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Requests may seem like “gentler” forms of communication, but with so many of them they’re very easy to ignore, and their uniformity make it hard for a child to know what’s really important.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Children need to find ways to cope with difficult situations; they need to learn that they can.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
By simplifying their toys and environment, their schedules, and the sense of rhythm and regularity in the home, you allow them the grace to be a child.