All Episodes

#312: Balancing a Child's Needs and the Family's Needs

#311: Am I a Governer or an Adviser

#307: Interview with Laura Carlin: Part One - Decluttering with Love and Intention

#303: Going on a News Cleanse

#299: If Rhythms Need To Change

#295: Kindling a Child's Competency

#291: Saying, Feeling & Doing Sorry

#287: Slow, Low and No Means No

#286: Emotionally Resilient Kids: Part Five - Anika Reclaims Her True Self

#285: Emotionally Resilient Kids: Part Four - The Compromises Anika Makes

#284: Emotionally Resilient Kids: Part Three - Anika struggles to fit in

#283: Emotionally Resilient Kids: Part Two - Helping Children Respond to Teasing Without Reacting

#282: The Emotionally Resilient Kid: Part One - Being There When Your Child Feels Left Out

#281: Interview with Richard Freed - Part Three

#280: Interview with Richard Freed - Part Two

#279: Interview with Richard Freed - Part One

#278: Sensing the Neeed - Getting Out Ahead Of It

#277: Choosing Our Battles?

#276: When Kids Are Angry They Are Vulnerable - Emotional Self Regulation - Part Five

#275: Why Screen Time for Kids Makes It Hard For Us - Emotional Self-Regulation - Part Four

#274: When It All Gets Too Much - Emotional Self Regulation - Part Three

#273: What Pushes Our Buttons - Emotional Self Regulation - Part Two

#272: Self Care - Not Neglecting Our Own Needs - Emotional Self-Regulation - Part One

#271: If Not Now When - Responding To Requests & Building Up Impulse Control

#270: Aggression Entrapment - How to Work Through Children's Meltdowns

#269: The Art of De-escalation - Walking Away vs Stepping Back

#268: Helping Older Siblings Feel Secure When a New Baby Arrives

#267: Why Teens Can Seem Distant and How to Stay Connected

#266: Giving Children Time and Space to Wonder

#265: Children's Big Feelings

#264: Another Way to Understand It

#263: The Hidden Treasures of Previewing

#262: The Four "Its" of Problem Solving

#261: No. You Do It!

#260: Bed Time Hostage Taking

#259: Plan B - Helping Tweens & Teens Adjust

#258: Getting Our Timing Right

#257: Restraint Collapse After the School Day

#256: Talking Through Things With Tween & Teens

#255: Exaggerating-Amplifying-Conflating

#254: Why Kids Whine & What We Can Do To Shift the Habit

#253: Turn Hurting Into Helping & Healing Words & Action

#252: How To Avoid Pack up Disasters

#251: Talking About Feelings for Children Tweens & Teens

#250: Interview with Steve Biddulph Part Three

#249: Interview with Steve Biddulph Part Two

#248: Interview with Steve Biddulph Part One

#247: We Can't Prevent the Darkness But We Can Grow Our Kids in the Light

#246: What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do

#245: Why Little Kids Can Get Disruptive in Play & What You Can Do

#244: Simple Holidays: A Survival Guide No.4

#243: Simple Holidays: A Survival Guide No.3

#242: SImple Holidays: A Survival Guide No.2

#241: SImple Holidays: A Survival Guide No.1

#240: Play That Prepares Kids for the World That's Coming

#239: Trying to Get it Right VS Getting it Right

#238: Being a Calm Presence When Our Kids Are In Good Shape

#237: Why Overtalking to Kids Makes Them Feel Unsafe

#236: Times of Developmental Change - The Maturity Immaturity Flip Flop

#235: Five Way To Help Children Do Chores & Home Care

#234: Helping a Child When They Are Deliberately Provocative

#233: Helping Children Tune Into Their Inner Messages - Letting Them Be a Little Thirsty or Hungry

#232: Why? Why? Why? Persistent Questions and What They Really Mean

#231: Boundaries - Upset Kids Are Emotionally Vulnerable Kids

#230: Boundaries - Clarify Family Values & Signal to a Child They Are Safe

#229: Focusing on the Abundance or a LowNo Screen Life Rather Than the Deficit of Not Having Unlimited Screen

#228: Keeping Stories Special and How to Use Online Story Apps

#227: The More You Cooperate the More Freedom You Get - The Brain Science and Talking to Tweens & Teens

#226: Emotional Self Regulation Series - Part Three - Being on the Balcony While Being on the Dance Floor

#225: Emotional Self Regulation Series - Part Two - The Blacksmiths Forge of Parenting

#224: Emotional Self Regulation Series - Part One - Open Up Space

#223: [ special ] Interview with Melanie Hempe

#222: Separating Being Work Up From the Right Time to Working it Out

#221: Raising Value Based Kids So They Know When They Cross the Line

#220: Denying Lying Blaming is Often a Signal That a Child is Overwhelmed - And What We Can Do To Help

#219: Kids Not Listening to Instructions - Say Backs & Do Backs

#218: Play Difficulties & Arguments - Dialing Back Through the Play Stages

#217: Sleep Difficulties - Wake Ups & Nightmares

#216: Reading Three from The Soul of Discipline

#215: Reading Two from The Soul of Discipline

#214: Reading One from The Soul of Discipline

#213: The Hands of the Heart - Our Eyes - How We Can Scare or Soothe

#212: A Gentle Massage to Calm & Orient a Child [ Part 2 ]

#211: A Gentle Massage to Calm & Orient a Child [ Part 1 ]

#210: Big Imagination - Big Problems - How To Move With A Child Through The Day

#209: Stretching the Time - Healthy Movement and Leadership When Refusals Arise

#208: [ special ] Interview with Emily Cherkin

#207: Micro Abandonments - Phones & What We Can Do About It

#206: Building a Child's Feeling of Competence & Confidence

#205: Nagging - The Stop Gather Down Solution

#204: Creating Spacious and Calm after School

#203: Be With Us - Helping Kids Overcome Transition Refusal

#202: The 4 Steps to Helping With Sibling Arguments

#201: Watch Me Dependency - Internal Experience vs Outer Judgements

#200: No You Do It - When Kids Feign Helplessness

#199: Connect Before We Collect Together For a Meal

#198: Drawing Close When Someone is Vulnerable

#197: The Real Gifting - Modeling Authenticity

#196: Creating a Conscious Village -The Attachment Bridge

#195: It's Okay To See Things Differently

#194: Kids Taking Control... In the Right Way

#193: When a Parent is Struggling With Addiction

#192: [ Special ] Part Four of Sophie's Story

#191: [ Special ] Part Three of Sophie's Story

#190: [ Special ] Part Two of Sophie's Story

#189: [ Special ] Part One of Sophie's Story

#188: [ Special ] An Introduction to Sophie's Story

#187: [ Special ] Kim reads from Emotionally Resilient Tweens and Teens

#186: Helping A Child Sleep Again After a Night Time Wake Up

#185: Why Do Kids React So Strongly When We Shut Down Their Screens

#184: Are Babies Being Over Stimulated

#183: How To Apologize To Children

#182: Levity and Lightness - Gravity and Groundedness

#181: Dads and Daughters

#180: Loving Limits Define Our Family - Part Two

#179: Loving Limits Define Our Family - Part One

#178: Moving Closer When Life Is Too Much

#177: Money & Allowances for Kids

#176: Growing Up Transition Wobbles & How We Can Support Them

#175: Attachment Crisis & Phones

#174: Mimicking, How to Understand It & What To Do About It

#173: Vacations, Family Trips and Keeping Kids Calmer

#172: Sibling Tensions & the Need For Differentiation

#171: Meltdowns - Imagination Gone Wrong

#170: Meeting Meltdowns and Moving Them On

#169: But I Love It! Balancing Afterschool Activities

#168: Easing Sibling Put Downs

#167: Family Night vs Family Movie Night

#166: The Two Doorways of Sleep - All is well

#165: What We Are Doing Tomorrow - Getting Kids Involved

#164: Saving Our Family While Saving the Planet

#163: Shifting the Cycle of Dark Humor & Put Downs - Crossing the Line

#162: 2 by 2 by 1 - Giving Directions That Work

#161: Working Through Resistance to Decluttering and Organizing

#160: Deep Connection Through The Simple Ordinary

#159: It's Still A Beautiful World & Children Need To Know It

#158: Raising Kids Simply and Also Having Friends

#157: The Parent Athlete - Picture Past the Refusal

#156: What to do When Kids Witness Parent Disagreements

#155: The "I want it now" Demand and How to Respond

#154: Keeping It Moving When Things Have Gone Wrong

#153: The Story of Tomorrow

#152: Middle Childhood and the Wise Parent Gardener

#151: Three Steps to Independent Play

#150: The Deep Connecting Power of Family Stories

#149: Staying Connected to Siblings When a New Baby Arrives

#148: Easing Tantrums & Meltdowns With the Power of Rhythm

#147: Interrupting is a Need To Connect

#146: Sharing Turn Taking and the Just Mine Basket

#145: Kids Behavior When the Family is Away From Home

#144: Simplicity Diary - Questions & Answers | Special Edition | Emotionally Resilient Tweens & Teens

#143: Simplicity Diary - Working With Kids Who Exclude | Special Edition | Emotionally Resilient Tweens & Teens

#142: Emotionally Resilient Tweens & Teens

#141: Good Boundaries Make Secure Families

#140: Transitions - From Yucky to Yummy

#139: Rhythm and Creative Family Flow

#138: Thank you – I’ll take it from here

#137: Connect-Correct-Direct

#136: The Elegant Exit

#135: Looking for the Good

#134: Allowances Money & Kids

#133: Rushy-Rushy

#132: Trust Love

#131: A Fraction Slower and a Whole Different Energy

#130: Simplicity Diary – First This and Then That

#129: Preparing the Night Before

#128: Where Do I Take a Child When They Need to Calm Down

#127: May I Get Down

#126: Is This a Good Time

#125: When Does Taking Photos and Videos of Your Kids Go Too Far

#124: Making Decluttering Normal

#123: Choices For Young Children. You may… I know…

#122: Be More Do Less

#121: I thought of you when… Letting a Child Know They Are Loved – Even if They Are Not With You

#120: Growing UP – Growing DOWN – Growing IN – The Magic of Childrens Spatial Development

#119: Small is Beautiful – The Tiny Rituals That Build Big Rhythms

#118: The Soothing Power of Deep Creative Play

#117: A Fun Tool to Make Transitions Easier

#116: To Apologize or Not To Apologize To a Child

#115: To Ignore or Not To Ignore Difficult Behavior

#114: How to Help Parents Navigate a World That Pathologizes Their Children – Part Two

#113: How to Help Parents Navigate a World That Pathologizes Their Children – Part One

#112: Recovering and Repairing After You Lose It

#111: Screen Time Creep

#110: Keeping Play Healthy and Fun When Kids Come Over

#109: Speaking to Children About Christmas/Holiday Season Gifts

#108: Your World, My World, Our World

#107: Time Baskets & the Development of Empathy and Impulse Control

#106: An Inspiring Nap Time Transition

#105: A Better Way To Ease Toy Pack Up Transitions

#104: The Healing Power of Wondering When Kids Are Angry

#103: Play Presence vs Play Partner

#102: The Highly Effective Parent and the Sphere of Concern vs Sphere of Influence

#101: Over Scheduling = Children in Charge

#100: Boys Need Time and Form to Sort Out a Problem

#99: Holiday Rhythm Time VS Rhythm Zone

#98: The Googlifying of Childhood

#97: Parenting in a Time of Health and Social Crisis

#96: Social Obesity (updated)

#95: Loving Limits and Discipline During the Intensity of Family Life

#94: How To Model Empathy & Compassion Without It Becoming Inauthentic

#93: How Much Should I Play With My Child

#92: Four Ways to Channel Children’s Anger

#91: The Healing Power of Rhythm & Predictability

#90: We Are Humans & We Were Made For This

#89: Aloneness vs Loneliness – To Zoom Or Not To Zoom

#88: Special “Compassionate Response Practice” – Pt. 3 The Practice

#87: Special “Compassionate Response Practice” – Pt. 2 Instructions

#86: Special “Compassionate Response Practice” – Pt. 1 Introduction

#85: Troubling Times – Pt. 5 Filtering Adult Information is More Important Now Than Before

#84: Troubling Times – Pt. 4 Dialing Back Schedules in Preparation and Decisions Afterwards

#83: Troubling Times – Pt. 3 Wrapping Warm Rhythm Around Our Children

#82: Troubling Times – Pt. 2 Signaling Security via Decluttering

#81: Troubling Times – Pt. 1 Preparing

#80: How To Have a Difficult Conversation With a Teacher That Works – Pt 2 In The Meeting

#79: How To Have a Difficult Conversation With a Teacher That Works – Pt 1 Preparing

#78: Easing Sibling Tensions Pt 5 – Intervening in Sibling Disputes

#77: Easing Sibling Tensions Pt 4 – When A New Baby Comes Into The Family

#76: Easing Sibling Tensions Pt 3 – Working Together

#75: Easing Sibling Tensions Pt 2 – Allowing Differing Perspective

#74: Easing Sibling Tensions Pt 1 – Knowing Who Is In Charge

#73: Helping a Partner When They Need Help With The Kids

#72: Protecting Kids From Stress in Adult Relationships – Pt 2. Caring for a Child in This Situation

#71: Protecting Kids From Stress in Adult Relationships – Pt 1. Self Care

#70: Giving Directions That Kids Listen To

#69: Whats the Problem With Parenting Programs and Books

#68: Low Parental Input Screen Alternatives

#67: Sleep Series – Pt 5 Other Common Issues

#66: Sleep Series – Pt 4 Quietening the Information

#65: A Simple Halloween

#64: Sleep Series – Pt 3 Decompression

#63: Sleep Series – Pt 2 Rhythms & Night Time Rituals

#62: Sleep Series – Pt 1 Preparing the Physical Environment

#61: Gun Play & Boys – Pt 4 Power and Contol in an Overwhelming World

#60: Gun Play & Boys – Pt 3 Desperately Seeking Connection

#59: Gun Play & Boys – Pt 2 Super Charging Play Because of Too Little Time

#58: Gun Play & Boys – Pt 1 Hard and Fast

#57: Don’t Pull on a Knot – Being At Your Best Book Release Celebration

#56: Good Manners Eases Anxiety

#55: After School Rituals and Calm

#54: Just Let Them Be Okay

#53: Holidays – Going Away Can Be Like Coming Home

#52: Avoiding Taking Sides in Sibling Disputes

#51: Understanding Shouting At Kids and Something We Can Do About It

#50: After School to Home Transitions

#49: The Power of Preview

#48: De-escalating Through Humor

#47: The Art of Family Change, Advice Overload

#46: Calmly Responding to Now! Demands

#45: Avoiding Play Date Leaving Drama

#44: Harmony Addiction

#43: The Art of Family Change, Grandmothers Advice

#42: Intervening in Sibling Conflict

#41: How To Re-enter Family Life After A Day At Work

#40: A Simple Way To Choose Programs – The Four Second Rule

#39: A Child Who Lacks Confidence and What To Do About It

#38: Cultivating Emapthy Via Simplicity

#37: Pt 3 Clutter Free Parenting – Preventing Clutter – Cutter Free Sleep – Inner Space

#36: Pt. 2 Clutter Free Parenting – How to Clear Clutter – Caring for the Things You Keep

#35: Pt. 1 Clutter Free Parenting -Why Create a Clutter Free Home – What Is Clutter

#34: From Little Things, Big Thing Grow (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#33: Living Like Royalty (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#32: The Four Loves, Forth and Lastly is Agape and Unconditional Love (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#31: The Four Loves, Thirdly is Charitas and Giving (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#30B: The Four Loves, Second is Philia or Friendship (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#30A: Dating & Introducing Your New Friend to Your Children (Simplicity Diary)

#29: Clarifying Co Parenting Assumptions (Simplicity Diary)

#28: The Four Loves, Firstly Eros and Attraction (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#27: It Is Worse For Them (Simplicity Diary Encore Episode)

#26: Empty Calories (Simplicity Diary)

#25: Sibling Fairness Starts Young (Simplicity Diary)

#24: A Holiday Special – Avoiding Getting Sick in the Holidays (Simplicity Diary)

#23: Children Come With a Mission (Simplicity Diary)

#22: Consequences VS Cooperation – Solving the fine “whatever!” reaction – Part Two (Simplicity Diary)

#21: Consequences VS Cooperation – Solving the fine “whatever!” reaction – Part One (Simplicity Diary)

#20: Should I Arrange This Playdate? (Simplicity Diary)

#19: Children in Sports – Friends & Fun (Simplicity Diary)

#18: Trumps Tower & Wall and a Child’s Blocks (Simplicity Diary)

#17: Working With a Child’s Quirks (Simplicity Diary)

#16: The Magic of Decluttering (Simplicity Diary)

#15: What Family Culture Heals (Simplicity Diary)

#14: Art of Moving Boys Into Their Feelings Boys and Girls Into Action (Simplicity Diary)

#13: You Always Never, The Three Stooges of Talking to a Child (Simplicity Diary)

#12: Can Behavior Modification be Humanized (Simplicity Diary)

#11: Low Key Holidays (Simplicity Diary)

#10: The five steps of coming alongside (Simplicity Diary)

#9: I see you-I am here (Simplicity Diary)

#8: Mopping up the spill or turning down the tap (encore Simplicity Diary)

#7: The Magic of Preview (encore Simplicity Diary)

#6: The science of raising a gritty kid (encore Simplicity Diary)

#5: Exposing children to the reality of injustice in the world (encore Simplicity Diary)

#4: Why kids play better with fewer toys (encore Simplicity Diary)

#3: Rhythm and Discipline (encore Simplicity Diary)

#2: Your world, my world, our world (encore Simplicity Diary)

#1: Welcome to the Simplicity Parenting Podcast! The Four Pillars

Welcome to The Simplicity Parenting Podcast!