Introduction
The Best of Intentions
What is Simple Parenting?
Less Expectation: Letting Go of Perfect
Discovering a Simpler Way
The Simple Manifesto
Part One: Design a Simple Family Home
Getting Started
Choosing Furniture and Housewares with Children in Mind
How to Tackle a Clear Out
How
Can We Get Kids Onboard with Minimalism?
Creating a Capsule Wardrobe for Kids
Plus
Parents Too – How to Declutter Your Own Wardrobe
How to Minimise the Toys
How
to Organise Books
How
to Manage Gifts
Choosing
Toys
How to Simplify Meal Time
Babies
Can Eat Real Food, Too
Simplify
Meal Planning
How
Can We Simplify the Kitchen?
Part Two: The Simple Approach to Parenting
Expanding Your Simplicity Mindset
Less Fear
How
to Use Worry-Batching
Mindfulness
for Kids
Less Rush
Three
reasons to Get Outside
Less Distraction
Getting
Screen Time Under Control
Five
Tips to Encourage Free Play in Young Children
How
Do We Get Children Outside?
Less Referee
What
is Intentional Parenting?
Why
Do Children Misbehave?
Less Stuff
Mindful
Shopping
How
Can Families Waste Less?
Afterword
Glossary
Index
Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Denaye Barahona is the inspirational voice behind Simple Families blog, podcast and community, where she spreads her simple solutions for thriving in motherhood. A clinical social worker with a speciality in child and family practice, and a Ph.D. in Child Development, Denaye has spent much of her career working with parents who deal with challenging behaviour in children. From her on-the-job training as a mom and her professional experience, Denaye has learned how desperately all parents want to get everything right - yet in the process, have the tendency to overcomplicate, over-think and get overwhelmed. Denaye's refreshing philosophy is that simple really is smart. She advocates taking a holistic approach to helping the whole family stay well: physical, emotional and relational. That means living well by developing a healthy relationship with yourself, your family and your home.
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