About the Book
Today's busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Now internationally renowned family consultant Kim John Payne helps parents reclaim for their children the space and freedom that all kids need for their attention to deepen and their individuality to flourish. Simplicity Parenting offers inspiration, ideas, and a blueprint for change: - Streamline your home environment. Reduce the amount of toys, books, and clutter--as well as the lights, sounds, and general sensory overload.- Establish rhythms and rituals. Discover ways to ease daily tensions, create battle-free mealtimes and bedtimes, and tell if your child is overwhelmed. - Schedule a break in the schedule. Establish intervals of calm and connection in your child's daily torrent of constant doing.- Scale back on media and parental involvement. Manage your children's "screen time" to limit the endless deluge of information and stimulation.A manifesto for protecting the grace of childhood, Simplicity Parenting is an eloquent guide to bringing new rhythms to bear on the lifelong art of raising children.
About the Author :
Kim John Payne, MED, is the bestselling author of Simplicity Parenting and The Soul of Discipline. He is the founding director of the Simplicity Parenting Institute and the Center for Social Sustainability. He has served as a school and family counselor and consultant for over thirty years. He has appeared on many major media outlets such as NBC, BBC, CBC, NPR, Time magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, and the New York Times. Together with his team he has trained over one thousand Simplicity Parenting coaches and group leaders all around the world. His books have been translated into over thirty languages. He regularly gives the keynote address to conferences both in North America and in a wide variety of countries. He lives with his wife and two children on a farm in western Massachusetts. Kim John Payne, M.Ed., has been a school counselor for eighteen years and a private family counselor-therapist for fifteen years. He has worked extensively with the North American and U.K. Waldorf movements and is currently the director of the Waldorf Collaborative Counseling Program at Antioch University New England, the director of a large research program on a drug-free approach to attention priority issues disorders, and a partner of the Alliance for Childhood in Washington, D.C. Kim lives with his wife and two children in Harlemville, New York. Lisa M. Ross has been involved with books for more than twenty years, as an editor and literary agent, and now exclusively as a writer. She lives with her husband and two children in Stuyvesant, New York. Lisa M. Ross has been involved with books for more than twenty years, as an editor and literary agent, and now exclusively as a writer. She lives with her husband and two children in Stuyvesant, New York. Arthur Morey has recorded over two hundred audiobooks in history, fiction, science, business, and religion, earning a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Award nominations. He was an editor at two publishers and taught writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed. Arthur attended Harvard and the University of Chicago. Arthur Morey has recorded over two hundred audiobooks in history, fiction, science, business, and religion, earning a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Award nominations. He was an editor at two publishers and taught writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed. Arthur attended Harvard and the University of Chicago.
Review :
Brilliant, wise, informative, innovative, entertaining, and urgently needed . . . a doable plan for providing the kind of childhood kids desperately need today!-- "Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happines"
"Brilliant, wise, informative, innovative, entertaining, and urgently needed...a doable plan for providing the kind of childhood kids desperately need today!"
-- "Edward M. Hallowell, MD, author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happines"
"This book is a wake-call for all of us who have misjudged what children need and can handle."
-- "Steve Biddulph, bestselling author of The Secret of Happy Children"
"Though simplicity parenting may seem a stretch for some, others will find that Payne's program for restoring creative play, order, and balance is long overdue."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
