The Simplicity Parenting Podcast with Kim John Payne #8: Mopping up the spill or turning down the tap (encore Simplicity Diary)
Jul 11, 2018
A therapist discusses the overwhelming amount of stimuli in modern family life and ways to cope. Examining how to approach life and parenting by reducing input to gain nourishment.
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Tap And Overflow Metaphor
- Kim John Payne recounts a family therapist's metaphor of a tap overfilling a cup to describe family overwhelm.
- The story illustrates how constant excess input forces families into perpetual coping instead of nourishment.
Too Much Input Undermines Nourishment
- Excess activities and media act like a tap, pouring too much into a family's capacity to hold and process life.
- When input exceeds capacity, families merely mop up the mess instead of receiving real nourishment.
Put Your Hand On The Tap
- Turn down the familial tap by deliberately reducing activities, media, or commitments.
- Choose one week to pause mopping up and plan how the next week will offer more containment and nourishment.