Simplicity Parenting

Das Kultbuch aus den USA - endlich auf Deutsch Zu viel Zeug, zu viel Auswahl - und dabei immer zu wenig Zeit. Täglich wird die innere Balance unserer Kinder gefährdet. Wie sich Kinder auch in unserer schnelllebigen Zeit unbeschwert, frei und geschützt entfalten können, zeigt der international angesehene Familienberater Kim John Payne: Durch ein vereinfachtes, übersichtlicheres Zuhause mit weniger Spielzeug, weniger sensorischen Reizen, weniger Freizeitstress - und stattdessen mehr Ruhepausen, vorhersehbaren Rhythmen und liebevollen Ritualen, die die gesamte Familie stärken. So entwickeln Kinder das, was wir ihnen für ein ganzes Leben wünschen: Selbstwirksamkeit, Selbstvertrauen, Gelassenheit und innere Stärke - die beste Basis und das wertvollste Geschenk, das Eltern ihren Kindern mitgeben können.

Das Kultbuch aus den USA - endlich auf Deutsch Zu viel Zeug, zu viel Auswahl - und dabei immer zu wenig Zeit. Täglich wird die innere Balance unserer Kinder gefährdet. Wie sich Kinder auch in unserer schnelllebigen Zeit unbeschwert, frei und geschützt entfalten können, zeigt der international angesehene Familienberater Kim John Payne: Durch ein vereinfachtes, übersichtlicheres Zuhause mit weniger Spielzeug, weniger sensorischen Reizen, weniger Freizeitstress - und stattdessen mehr Ruhepausen, vorhersehbaren Rhythmen und liebevollen Ritualen, die die gesamte Familie stärken. So entwickeln Kinder das, was wir ihnen für ein ganzes Leben wünschen: Selbstwirksamkeit, Selbstvertrauen, Gelassenheit und innere Stärke - die beste Basis und das wertvollste Geschenk, das Eltern ihren Kindern mitgeben können.

As the pace of life accelerates, with too much stuff and too many choices and too little time, children are feeling the pressure. This book is for parents who want to slow down, but who don't know how and for families with too much stuff and too many choices. The author presents four simple steps for de-cluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics so that children can thrive at school, get along with peers, and nurture wellbeing. Using the extraordinary power of less, Kim John Payne, one of the world's leading Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf educators, offers novel ways to help children feel calmer, happier, and more secure. He asserts that many of today's child behavior problems come from TMS--Too Much Stuff. "All children are quirky, that's what makes them lovable, who they are. But these cumulative stresses slide those quirks along the behaviour spectrum into disorder-- the dreaded 'Ds.' Simplicity parenting is a way to slide the child back down the spectrum. They go from having a label back to being lovable and quirky." This is a new and revised UK edition of the #1 US Bestseller, Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids (2009).

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.

As the pace of life accelerates, with too much stuff and too many choices and too little time, children are feeling the pressure. This book is for parents who want to slow down, but who don't know how and for families with too much stuff and too many choices. The author presents four simple steps for de-cluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics so that children can thrive at school, get along with peers, and nurture wellbeing. Using the extraordinary power of less, Kim John Payne, one of the world's leading Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf educators, offers novel ways to help children feel calmer, happier, and more secure. He asserts that many of today's child behavior problems come from TMS--Too Much Stuff. "All children are quirky, that's what makes them lovable, who they are. But these cumulative stresses slide those quirks along the behaviour spectrum into disorder-- the dreaded 'Ds.' Simplicity parenting is a way to slide the child back down the spectrum. They go from having a label back to being lovable and quirky." This is a new and revised UK edition of the #1 US Bestseller, Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids (2009).