The Simplicity Parenting Podcast with Kim John Payne #85: Troubling Times – Pt. 5 Filtering Adult Information is More Important Now Than Before
Mar 14, 2020
Practical ways to shield children from scary adult talk and nonstop news. Tips for prepping relatives to avoid alarming topics and for communities to respond with care. A four-question speech filter to make conversations kinder and more necessary. Strong advice to limit screens, choose calmer films, and keep devices out of bedrooms while staying honest with older kids.
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Ask Adults To Guard Conversations
- Limit time with adults who repeatedly discuss frightening details around children.
- Call ahead and ask extended family to avoid scary talk and to help protect your kids' calm.
Bushfire Experience Shapes Perspective
- Kim John Payne shares surviving Australian bushfires as experience informing his view.
- He says communities change and compassion and cooperation emerge in crises.
Use The Four-Question Filter
- Run statements through four filters before speaking in front of children: kind, true, necessary, and securing.
- Defer nonessential talk and you'll speak more thoughtfully and model your desired voice.
