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Weekly insights on children and parenting from Simplicity Parenting author Kim John Payne.
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#329: Tone and Timing Coaching: The 1, 2, 3 Approach (opens the original)
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In this episode, Kim John Payne introduces “tone and timing coaching," a simple way to help children (and ourselves) get the tone right when what's said comes out rude, fresh, aggressive, or grumpy. He explains that the content of a child's message is often perfectly fine; it's the delivery that isn't helpful. Since these moments arise multiple times every day, they offer countless opportunities to help children learn attunement: sensing the right time to speak and the right way to say something
#325: Children & Mortality (opens the original)
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In this episode, Kim John Payne addresses one of the more difficult themes parents face: a child's growing awareness of life and death. He explains that very young children experience only a little separation between themselves and the world, but as consciousness shifts and they move into the big-child world, questions about mortality naturally arise. This awakening often appears in play, and sometimes in statements that shock parents to the core, like "I wish I was dead" or "I wish I'd never be
#324: The Three Steps To Small, Imaginative & Light Transitions (opens the original)
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Correction: the Care Professionals Seminar dates in this episode are Saturday and Sunday, August 1st and 2nd, 2026 (not July). Registration closes July 31st: Click here to register In this episode, Kim John Payne returns to his well-known transition tool, "your world, my world, our world," and examines it through a fresh lens based on parent feedback. The strategy involves first connecting with a child's world by sitting beside them for a few seconds, then briefly sharing what you're about to do
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