e on every parent’s (indeed, every person’s) reading list.”--- Kathleen Brehony, Ph.D., author of Awakening at MidlifeР“If you are raising children in these anxious times, you need this book. It will inspire you, reassure you, and most important of all, it will remind you: that less is more, that simplicity plication, that rhythm and routine bring peace to the soul. In this profound and practical guide, Kim Payne offers parents a do-able, step-by-step approach to simplifying everyday family life, from the toy box to the dinner table. In the process, he reveals to us the rewards to be found in slowing down, savoring our children’s childhoods, and more fully enjoying our own adult lives.”--- Katrina Kenison, bestselling author of Mitten Strings for God and the ing The Gift of an Ordinary Day