Hi there and welcome to episode 2006. Today I'm answering a question about how to entertain our kids during a quarantine.

Hi this is Deney. I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking

a simpler, more intentional life.

In this show we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load.

My perspectives are based in my first-hand experience raising kids, but also rooted in my PhD

in child development.

So you're gonna hear conversations

that are based in research, but more importantly, real life.

Thanks for joining us.

Hi and thanks for tuning in. Wow, it has been a week or a couple weeks depending on what part of the world you're in. Now kind of a funny

story I have always struggled to explain to people that I meet what I do when I

get asked that question. I usually fumble over an answer or something like,

well, I wrote a book, I have a podcast, I help people, I'm just very generally inarticulate about it. And during this

crisis it has really become clear to me, crystal clear what my job is and my job is to support parents. So right now I am

really working overtime to try to do my job. If you follow along on

Instagram you'll know that I've been very active trying to provide as many resources as possible over there. Last Saturday I hosted a live virtual coffee chat, which was amazing to chat with so many of you joining me from all over the world.

It was such a great experience. We're going to do it again this Saturday, March 28th

at 10 a.m. Eastern.

You can go to simple families dot com

forward slash coffee to reserve your spot.

It's super casual.

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