Raising Good Humans with Minimalist Parenting Guidance

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Home & Garden, Kids & Family, Parenting, Leisure

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Minimalist Parenting Guidance for Raising Good Humans Parenting is hard; parenting during a pandemic is even harder. Still, guidance experts argue that raising children with both sanity and joy is possible. If you feel like you’re always on—and if you’re utterly exhausted—know that it’s A-OK to be minimalist in your parenting strategy, because doing less fosters resilience. My guest this week is nationally renowned parenting expert and mentor Sue Groner. Sue is on the show to discern what kids actually... Read More Read More The post Raising Good Humans with Minimalist Parenting Guidance appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	Well, hello there and welcome back. I am Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to
0:06.4	episode 134 of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast. On today's show my guest and I are introducing eight
0:16.7	actionable strategies complete with eight quick wins to simplify parenthood. Now simplify parenthood, that sounds like a big lofty goal, right? Is it even possible to simplify parenthood? Well, my today says yes it is if you are a
0:36.2	parent and if you are like me you may feel as though you are always on call
0:42.4	right you're always on call to fix whatever problem your child may experience.
0:48.0	Maybe you are constantly stepping in to fix the fights between siblings, or maybe you feel as though you have to fix the boredom,
0:56.6	especially during COVID where they're home all day and they've already played all the games and exhausted all the toys in the house.
1:05.6	Maybe you feel as though your job is boredom buster.
1:10.2	Maybe you feel as though it's your job to fix interpersonal conflicts your children may be having with their friends.
1:16.0	It is exhausting, right?
1:18.0	Particularly because being a fixer is a never- job. My guest today is Sue Growner. Sue is a parenting
1:27.3	expert and a mentor and an author who is on the show to let us all off the hook.
1:34.0	Sue argues that it is entirely possible to simplify parenthood
1:38.0	by adopting a facilitator mindset and letting go of the fixer one. Sue also brings with her some
1:47.1	strategies from her new book. They are strategies that I have handpicked to discuss because they are quite minimalist in their philosophies.
1:57.0	Enjoy the interview.
2:00.0	Sue, thank you so much for coming on the podcast to discuss parenting tips during a pandemic and always. How are you doing?
2:11.0	I'm good, thank you for asking. Nobody really ever asked me that. I appreciate it.
2:17.6	I was really drawn to your book because I'm all about finding ways to take the stress and the difficulty if it's even possible
2:29.2	out of parenting and your book gives 101, I can't believe it, 101 tips on how to do just that. We can't
2:39.2	touch on all 101, we can't even touch on a fraction of them.
2:44.0	But I do have a couple tips that you mentioned in your book
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