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On Franklin, Children’s Books, and Consumerism 27 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
We read one Franklin book a week. Moxie loves Franklin. I think he’s pretty cute, too. So once a week we travel to the local library, return one Franklin, and get the next. This time, we got “Fran...
What Happened When I Simplified Our Lives 10 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
I’ve been attempting to de-clutter our house for the last couple of years. Seriously. It hasn’t been working. I’d get one little spot cleaned up, and then another room would be cluttered and disorg...
A Morning at Crystal Cove State Beach 6 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Every time we take our boys to the beach I find myself thinking, “my boys have no idea how fortunate they are to live so close to this.”, as I look out at the vast Pacific Ocean and serene view in fro...
A Summer of Golden Moments 29 Jul 2013 | 11:56 pm
Do you recall special Summer moments, from your childhood, where time seemed to stand still as you became lost in the moment and were filled with a deep sense of freedom and joy? Close your eyes and ...
Ten Tenets of a Balanced Whole Youth Sports Experience 28 Jun 2013 | 06:55 am
Ten Tenets of a Balanced Whole Youth Sports Experience Consider these principles to provide an ideal balance of active and educational play and foster a healthy mix of mental and physical development...
Ten Tenets of a Balanced Whole Youth Sports Experience 21 Jun 2013 | 12:28 am
Today’s post is an excerpt from Whole Child Sports. Kim John Payne has co-authored this book (to be released this August) with Scott Lancaster and Luis Fernando Llosa, who explains the purpose of the...
Q&A with Kim: Bringing Friends and Family Along With You 13 Jun 2013 | 09:22 pm
We are continuing a series today on the blog, taken from the very thoughtful questions and discussions which have come about in recent webinars with Kim. Today’s Q&A is taken from the Home Practice G...
Choosing the Right Commitments for Our Children 3 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
“The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.” – Ralph Marston We need to realize that our life is made up of choices. Every day we face a whole battery of decisions that n...
Toys: What Kind? How Many? Any? 24 May 2013 | 09:08 pm
“Without this playing with fantasy, no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.” ― C.G. Jung Sometimes, living simply and being a simpl...
Disconnecting to Reconnect: Discovering how freeing a screen free week can be 15 May 2013 | 08:48 pm
Our children don’t watch TV. That is, they don’t watch TV unless it’s football season and our well-hidden TV comes to life whenever there is a game on… I don’t really like to talk too much about rais...
