The Simplicity Parenting Podcast with Kim John Payne #82: Troubling Times – Pt. 2 Signaling Security via Decluttering
Mar 14, 2020
Practical ideas for signaling security to children by simplifying home life. Suggestions include decluttering rooms and toys to create calm, spacious environments. Advice on slowing family rhythms, reducing screens, and letting boredom foster creativity. Tips for using school closures as an opportunity to reorganize and support children's sense of safety.
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Protect Time To Be Bored
- If you've dialed back overscheduling your children, they'll handle extended time at home better.
- Keep allowing boredom so kids learn to self-motivate and create.
Parent Call About Kids 'Climbing The Walls'
- Kim John Payne recounts a worried parent whose children were "climbing up the walls" after sudden school closures.
- He contrasts families who prepared by simplifying with those starting from a high-velocity life and struggling to adjust.
Empty Cups Hold Stress Better
- A less rushed childhood leaves 'space in the cup' so new stress doesn't overflow into anxiety.
- Overfilled daily schedules make children more prone to behavioural spillover under sudden stress.