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  That gap between loving them in a protective cocoon and letting them experience the struggles and hardships of life is so hard for parents.  Even a butterfly has to leave that protective cocoon and fly. Parents are often told * they are overprotective. * It’s not good. * Do different. There’s a lot of fear around what might happen to our children that leads to being overprotective; some of it is genuine fear and some caught fear. This school aged time is a good time to address taking risk issues in an age-appropriate way. There’s a lot of time for easy, gently progress with a few bumps along the way. This show we give you the resources to do differently. We talk about HOW not be an overprotective parent so that we continue to nurture our children. AND  WHAT to do to let them grow. They need to learn how to take risks, manage risks and we need to learn to let them.  It’s not our job to eliminate failure and disappointment. This is a school age edition. Listen in for 7 things we can do to stop overprotecting and letting them grow with your school aged children. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail about your whole family system. Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:00   Introduction to Why I teach children to manage risks instead of shielding them from every hazard 02:04  What we can do about reducing overprotecting and letting them grow 02:12  First practical thing we can do to let our children grow without overly protecting them. Resources: Society of Nimble Parents 03:24 The second practical thing we can do to let our children grow without overly protecting them. Resources: Parent’s guide to transitioning from doing the packed lunch 08:41 Teach them what to do in tough situations is the third practical thing we can do to let our children grow without overly protecting them. Resources: 10 Questions to ask your child instead of “What was your grade?” Resources: Character Conversation Cards Resources: Handy Conversation Starters that get real conversation Pinterest board full of Conversation starters on a range of topics and types 16:08  Restricting independence unnecessarily is the fourth practical thing we can do to let our children grow without overly protecting them. Resource: Start with teaching kindness online with Galit Breen    Resource: What is Low-risk independence? 21:24  the fifth practical thing we can do to let our children grow wi...

  Routines and Rhythms become more important as our lifestyles change. In the early years there were a lot individual milestones like walking, reading first words, blowing bubbles, staying and playing with something for longer and longer times. As we move on into the school years we need many more whole family systems. Systems where we all have to work together to make it work. Things like family meeting, contributions, family meals/ lunch, family game night/day/afternoon and reading aloud together . This episode we dive into how we encourage family to work together so these family systems are nurtured and flourish. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail about your whole family system. Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:00   Introduction to whole family systems 03:05   FIRST thing we can do to encourage family unity and teaching our children how to be a responsible part of a whole 10:18     SECOND thing we can do to encourage family unity and teaching our children how to be a responsible part of a whole 20:19     What to expect in the school aged years in your family Resource: Where do I start teaching our laundry system to the kids? WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

  We know about Early Childhood, Tweens and Teens but what is that time between Early Childhood and Tweens all about? We discuss that school aged time I call Midhood that starts at aged 5 and goes through to about 12. Today I want to talk about the importance of the school age years and how this overlooked time really is a missed opportunity for family growth, family culture and family connectedness. I want to show you how to change this so you continue to build on all that Early Childhood wiseness you’ve already got going on. This episode is all about the life and times of a school aged parent. We going to map out the school age time and establish some milestones. These markers help us pause and evaluate and check we’re going the direction we really want for our family. At the end of the episode I’ll share a planning freebie that’ll help you start the school age journey with purpose, calm and unhurried. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:00   Introduction 00:45   Definitions and terms Resource: Midhood 01:53    What happens to the adults when the children go to school? 2:58     How would you sum up Early Childhood? 3:30      More about Midhood 5:38   What are some of these simple skills and teaching times resources: raisingplayfultots.com/74 raisingplayfultots.com/166 raisingplayfultots.com/195 http://play-activities.com/mini-rite-of-passage-for-school-aged-children/ 8:34  The big deal about these activities 10:30 Second part of midhood 11:50  Honoring our Introverts and Extroverts resource: Susan Cain: Quiet 13:04   What does midhood Mean for parents 13:59    Why we need to embrace mistakes resource: http://raisingplayfultots.com/189  http://raisingplayfultots.com/190 17:47   Systems for the midhood       WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **   If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.  

    If you’ve not seen,Raising a digital kid without having been one by Galit Breen of theselittlewaves.net you are missing out. It’s a really good TED talk. Galit is our guest today and is author of the book Kindness Wins. In an age of grit, perseverance and growth mindset some of the other skills like kindness have taken a bit of a battering. Isn’t kindness too soft a skill? Won’t they get eaten alive unless we teach them how to win at all costs? We want our children to be kind and we enjoy experiencing kindness ourselves but we’re not always sure about how to translate that well online. When they get email or use text how do we encourage them to be kind, just the same as if they could see this person.  When they get their first social media accounts how will they comment and what types of things will they say? We have a great discussion on raising digital kids not from a fear or knee jerk position. I know it’s hard. But leading with kindness first. Kindness always when we’re online with lots of practical suggestions. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas  Start with teaching kindness online. Everyone wins. Tweet Show notes 01:54 How do you start the conversation about being online with your children? 03:39 How to encourage a pro kindness intentional attitude with our children about being online without just saying don’t do this and don’t do that without sharing what to do + examples 05:15 Boys and being kind. Tips on how to be kind 09:12 Time and years vs quick hacks and quick tips 10:52 How to come back from shame and hurt online ( personal perspective) + ideas for children Resource: Savvy Parent’s club Resource: Society of Nimble Parents 15:19 Online chat systems and comment systems- what advise for our children 20:18 What do to do when it feels weird teaching online things by sitting side by side with our children. 21:13  Three good modeling ideas we can use when we’re online to show them 24:38 The power of finding your group 28:41 How can we show kindness to our kids without feeling we’re not making them resilient or we’re doing them a disservice to raise kind kids in a tough world. Resource: 27 PERFECTLY SIMPLE WAYS TO SHOW KINDNESS TO OUR KIDS Quote: Parent for the moment and not what the moment means 35:25  4 Kindness books and friends recommendations Resource: Kindness Wins Resource 1:

Today we’re continuing the theme of Life Skills but not the practical hands on life skills of mowing the lawn or following a system like learning how to use a washing machine. We’re going to look at 10 social life skills. Social life skills are trickier to pin down. Just like life skills over time practice makes it easier but these skills are impacted by each of our families and the personalities that make up our families. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:00   Introduction 2:24     FIRST social life skill 8:08    SECOND social life skill Resources:  Resources: Empathy Game: Moments a Day   12:25   THIRD  social life skill Resources: Cultural Iceberg   19:57   FOURTH social life skill Resource: Steps to Uniting your house when you Disagree and teaching the family how to Disagree Appropriately   24:37   FIFTH  social life skill Resource: The 4 part system   26:33   SIXTH  social life skill Resource: Scripts to say to improve self talk   31:45    SEVENTH social life skill Resource: Benefits of Previewing   35:41    EIGHTH social life skill 43:58    NINTH  social life skill 50:12  TENTH  social life skill Resource: Conscious Discipline Resource:  1+3+10 Resource:   WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **   If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

  Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo, who are best selling authors and hosts of the world’s #1 Marriage Podcast, One extraordinary marriage.  share their tips on maintaining relationships, marriage and the art of balancing kids, the spouse and not forgetting yourself. We get into adult conversation about relationships so maybe this is an episode for headphones and away from little ears. It’s exciting to have a husband and wife perspective on family and kids together in one interview.  We go beyond, spend time together and share ideas and encouragement. I hope you enjoy all the ideas and resources shared. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes * Contributions don’t work well if everyone isn’t on board in the family. * Appreciation boards won’t work if a partner thinks they are a waste of time. * Independent play can’t thrive if one partner schedules out the whole week. 03:18   How has your relationship with your spouse and your children changed from then to now 05:32  What have been some of the struggles that you’ve had to overcome in your own marriage? 07:22  How did you turn the corner? 08:34  Healing and reuniting through The 60 day Sex Challenge episode 1 14:45   Encouraging ideas for parents with really young children 19:00  The good reasons for scheduling vs spontaneous. The case for being intentional about your relationship 21:27   The intimacy lifestyle 23:06   When you are the primary caregiver and you’ve put your relationship on the back burner what can you do to take action or start again? 25:45   What will we talk about if not the kids? Resource: Our 6 questions Resource: Weekly marriage and family questions 30:21    When the kids leave: How and why we must start preparing from now ( + ideas) 36: 45    Entrepreneur :How do you remain intimate when you work together and live together Guest bump : Jennifer -UNSCHOOLING WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **  

      Part two of creating a family meal ritual that lasts for families. Listen to part one Now we’re at the table and beginning to eat. Listen in to hear ideas on how to create your family meal ritual full of memories and connection that grows with you from high chair to teens. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:01 Introduction 1:24 First things first starting conversations so they don’t go flat. Resource: Simple Play and Parenting Planner 2:57  Benefits of having an advocate 4:04 How to make sure you don’t have crickets at the table when you ask questions? 4:36 Grow with your family and what to add to your collections 6:44 Suggestions of other ways to have conversations at the meal table 10:52 What if you don’t know the answers? 14:54  Do you have to talk a meal times? 16:36 What are those common things that happen everyday we often miss talking about? 17:52 Examples of dinner games and activities or all ages 19:32 After the meal- what happens here? 21:45 How do you find your family speed for meal times? How slow and  how fast? 23:55 Bringing service to the meal table as part of your family ritual 24:49  Closing up and leaving ideas 26:48 Tips for finishing well 28:02 Is it better to add all these ideas in at once?       WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **   If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

    New choices to make with the new school year for everyone. What will happen in your family this year? It’s really easy to just fall into a routine with back to school but our family is different each and every year. We made different priorities depending on our stage, where we live and what’s going on with work. Do we want some of what we had last year or a lot of something new? When we start a new school year we have a chance for a new start in our parent mindset. A new way we want to handle things. During this episode I want to encourage you to start with us. Parents drive the family atmosphere and help manage the household. We’re the ones looking long term and short term. Before you jump on the back to school bandwagon and give in have a listen to this show. It’s the back to school edition for parents. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas     WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **   If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

  Families should gather together over a meal. Yeah yeah yeah! We’ve heard that before. Tried it before and it didn’t really work out. This week we we focus less on the why and more on the how we create a meal ritual so that family times run smoothly. ( For the family and us!) Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:01 Introduction 4 steps to a smoother family meal times now everyone is together. 2:45  Not just family dinner but other mealtimes 3:14  When you start a ritual early 4:04 Brand new to a a family ritual 4:29  Quick 5 reasons why you need a family meal ritual ( if you need to convince others or remind yourself on those days!) 7:46 How family meal time changes and what we might do for our family at this time 10:15 FIRST step to a smoother family meal times 11:42 SECOND step to a smoother family meal times 14:57 THIRD step to a smoother family meal times 17:12 FOURTH step to a smoother family meal times RESOURCE: Prayer sticks Discussion about family meal rituals WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:         How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share ** If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

    We only know what we know. This episode is a little different, perhaps in mindset as different education systems are shared. But the theme is simple parenting. We want all our children to make progress and achieve. The common measurement for achievement is usually solely high attainment or grades. The higher the grade the better. There will be many children who find achieving those high grades and maintaining them hard or they are just unobtainable however they have worked hard and made significant progress. How have we come to a point when that type of progress isn’t recognized well? How come parents and children talk only about final grade numbers as a badge but not about how much progress has happened? This is a school episode that follows on from the mistakes equals learning episode #189. Where we talked about how all learning means making mistakes to progress. If you’re not making mistakes are you making progress? If you make mistakes you’ll have grades that go up and down as you master especially if you’re in the middle and lower sections of attainment. Listen into this episode to hear some ideas about how you can support your children’s progress, know the types of questions to ask them and their teacher, effective things to say after results, wrestle with the right blend of progress, encouragement, motivation and attainment and teach them how to be reflective learners.  Today’s show is all about making progress and I’m looking forward to hearing your opinion. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:01 Introduction Mindset and physical changes between education systems from one country to another. Fear and shocks in elementary school 8:13 Adjusting to an achievement based system over making progress 8.44   Online results portals for middle school . Making adjustments for middle school 11.04  How parent portals become a drug. 12:40 What happens to motivation for those children who don’t attain consistent A/B or A honor roll grades? 13:56 What we really want to know about the progress at school 15:25 What we can do to refocus the heavy lean on attainment only reporting 16:26 Unexpected results of an attainment reporting system 17:28 What if we did this ONE thing differently? RESOURCE: James Nottingham: Labels limit learning Progress and achievement quadrant Evaluating progress 18:28 Example of the value of reporting progress 24:10 Readdressing the lean on attainment or how powerful progress is a motivator than just pure attainment 26:18 Important questions to ask after the results #2 28:36 When children are unhappy with the result  what’s a good question to ask and direction of conversation that’s helpful? 30:20 Pretests at home as a talking point for seeing how much progress children have made 34:56  How studying becomes easier 36:33 What the future could bring with progress Discussion about progress WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:

  Do you get stuck in the loop of nag, complain, wait, nag, complain and wait? We know that learning from our mistakes and failures makes us a better person but it is so so hard to see our children heading for a fall or when failure is just visible.  Parents usual are quick to jump in and rescue. Shouldn’t we rescue? Isn’t that part of our role? As children get older some seem more resilient when they make mistakes and brush them off. Others have parents who manage their children’s lives to avoid the chance to make mistakes and failure to happen. ( Don’t we all at one time or another! But there is another way Whatever type of parent you are you know that seeing your children hurt is a trigger yet you know that some mistakes and failure have had an enormous impact in your life. You just need the right types of failures and mistakes in the right atmosphere for the parents and the children  to learn, grow and navigate this under-talked about topic of mistakes and failure in a world where there’s a lot of shame around not being the same as everyone else. Listen into this episode to hear some ideas about how you can support your children for now as they make mistakes and fail so that they can continue to take risks and succeed both now and as they grow older. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 00:01 Introduction to risk taking and making mistakes Big parent battle: shame around making mistakes +shame of parents 8:09 What do you do after you fail that’s good for children? 11:45 What do you tell the children about failure (when sharing your personal story)?  Three questions 14:15 How do you slowly show children what to do after they have a result? 15:58 What happens when children say, ‘I dunno!’ and say they don’t have any ideas to give? 16:26 Dealing with our shame and their shame over results and the things we can do to support the situation now and be proactive for next time? 17:02 Reviewing after a result Study: European American and Chinese parents’ responses to children’s success and failure: Implications for children’s responses. Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Lam, Shui-fong Developmental Psychology, Vol 43(5), Sep 2007, 1239-1255 17:45 Preview as an effective way to start conversations, curiosity and thinking 19:34 Children feel like failures in a classroom at the beginning of new topics and how we can change it. 21: 57  Near miss – a story of how to learn and do better for next time 26: 23  Who else can they turn to if we don’t have the right words? 27:07   The perfect place to work from failure ( There are lots of opportunities to fail and do better) 29:44 Encouraging progress, effort and motivation vs focus on end result only 30:38 Steps to handing off the homework to our children Resource: Seven steps to feedback heaven 38:30 When you see the mistake in your child’s work what can you do instead of just correcting it yourself? 43:17 How you build resilience, perseverance and reset from failure in your child 47:51 Preparing now for the next stage without limiting their future Resource:

    Summer is coming! What memories do you have of childhood? Often they are around summer. If you want to create lasting memories why not try some simple family traditions. Every season is a good opportunity to have special traditions just for that season. Summer is no different. There are lots of traditions to choose from and you can’t do them all. But when you find you few then it’s awesome. Everyone looks forward to them. Listen into this episode to hear some ideas for  simple summer traditions for the family.   Leave a comment below or on a voicemail   Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes Reading challenge- instagram photo Overhauling reading when they read just one type of book service activities podcast Extremely Good Parenting Podcast Distilled Parenting Podcast   WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:           How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share **   If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

    There are so many things that we are juggling with parenting. If this is you then this episode might be just what you’re looking for because if we’re so busy trying to keep all the plates spinning we may not realize that we don’t actually need all the plates spinning. There might be another way. As usual in this episodes I want to challenge you to think deeply about your family and see if small changes will make big impacts in the family atmosphere and the way our families run. We rotate our mattresses, our clothes from one season to another, the tyres ( not a typo it’s how we write it in the UK honest!) on our car because we know that it’s better when we do. What things do we not rotate in our homes in our walk with family? I’m excited to share three areas that perhaps you’ve not considered rotating before but I hope you do after having a listen. That first night of sleep after flipping that mattress is bliss imagine how things might be with a parenting rotation. During this episode we talk about three things we don’t rotate in our parenting but maybe we should along with some ideas about how to do it. Leave a comment below or on a voicemail 01.02  First  thing we don’t rotate in our parenting but maybe we should and what you can do right now? 16.53  Second thing we don’t rotate in our parenting but maybe we should and what you can do right now? 22.13  Third  thing we don’t rotate in our parenting but maybe we should  and what you can do right now? Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes   Small steps to an easier morning exit   WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:           How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven **Pin and Share ** New to Podcasts? If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or Stitcher.    

  Who doesn’t love sleep? When I cut my sleep time I know what will happen and often we assume the same thing will happen to our children. We’ll just be a little blurry and we just have to get through it! Brain science is telling us differently now. Children with sleep loss have very different effects than adults. It’s surprising how differently sleep loss is to a child and teen than it is to an adult. We’re not talking about babies and sleep but elementary and older children.  So much happens when we sleep, if only they knew maybe they’d sleep more. During this episode we talk about how children and adults lack of sleep is very different to each other and how we can support our family to have better sleep and why this is crucial for the well being of ourselves and the family. What’s the struggle you’re having around sleep with elementary and older children? What simple things have worked in your family to get the right amounts of sleep time? Leave a comment below or on a voicemail 00.40 The case for adult and children sleep times being different and the impact it has on the children. Now we know what do we do? 07.55  First way we can support our children with sleep 11.56  Second way we can support our children and a good phrase to use 13.50 Third way we can support our children as a family with sleep 17.08  Fourth way we can support our children and sleep by getting the facts and applying them with our family in mind 19.26 Fifth way we can positively support our children with good sleep habits starts with family atmosphere   Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes Excellent book that challenges commonly held assumptions with science. NurtureShock:: Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Hear Ashley Merryman’s episode on Praise     WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:           How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven New to Podcasts? If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on iTunes or

    Screens are a magnet in some homes and not in others. Lisa Weiner from Handmade Parenting in this episode talks about what types of things children can be doing if they are not on screens. We look at other screen time woes in this interview and peek into a screen free home and ask those questions. During this episode we explore screen time questions for families. Listen out for the special coupon code. 2.18 What types of things will the children be doing if they’re not on screens ? 6.33 Elementary and older children- what types of activities or things to do for this age group that are without a screen? 10.26 How to avoid going online to look up how to do things? 11.33 What would you do when your children go to other homes and there’s a different idea about screens there? 16.08 Summer holidays Screen Trap and how to manage all this time 19.31  How do you get me time when you’re a screen free house? ( When you’re doing different than others around you what’s it like?) 23.12  When you’re stuck and you don’t know what to do because there’s no one else around. 25.16 Exploring Simplicity Parenting and the Simplicity parenting 101 class What’s the struggle you’re having around screens? What simple things have worked in your family around screens? Leave a comment below or on a voicemail     Raising Playful Tots – the podcast for parents who want to make the most of their playtime and enjoy simple parenting Click the play button above and let’s get some ideas Show notes 5 Tips for Sorting Out Screen Time :: Handmade Parenting 5 (more) Tips for Sorting Out Screen Time :: Handmade Parenting Back to School: Figuring out the Family Media Plan :: Play Activities Quiet : The Power of Introverts : episode 5 15 Questions to discuss around Digital Media with our children : Play Activities   WHAT TO DO NEXT: So you’ve listened to this episode – if you liked it and want to hear other ones – and I really think you will….you should do this right now:           How to listen and subscribe to this show I’d love to hear from you about the show. Any comments about the podcast use the Voicemail Use the hashtag #creatingfamilyhaven New to Podcasts? If you’ve enjoyed the show please take the time to share it with friends and leave a review for it on