The Simplicity Parenting Podcast with Kim John Payne

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• #334: Less Doing - More Being

  October 7, 2026 · 9 min

  🍎 Care Professionals Seminar Interest List 🏠 Simple Family Living  📑 Simplicity Parenting Starter Kit 📲 Request a Consultation with Kim John Payne In this episode, Kim John Payne pushes back against the Western cultural current of…

• #329: Tone and Timing Coaching: The 1, 2, 3 Approach

  September 2, 2026 · 15 min

  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…

• #325: Children & Mortality

  August 5, 2026 · 13 min

  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…

• #324: The Three Steps To Small, Imaginative & Light Transitions

  July 27, 2026 · 12 min

  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…

• #320: The Space Between Us Is Alive... Trust It

  July 1, 2026 · 10 min

  In this episode, Kim John Payne reflects on something elusive but essential: the space between parent and child. He describes this space as being alive, not a void to be filled with words or busyness, but a conduit through which care…

• #316: Easing Tension Around Homework & Music Practice

  June 3, 2026 · 13 min

  In this episode, Kim John Payne addresses the daily challenge of getting children to do difficult but regular tasks like music practice and homework. He introduces the "grit sandwich" principle: soft on both ends with firmness in the…

• #312: Balancing a Child's Needs and the Family's Needs

  May 6, 2026 · 17 min

  In this episode, Kim John Payne addresses a common point of derailment in family life: when a child's impulses and desires collide with the needs of the larger family. He explains that children, especially young ones, lack the prefrontal…

• #311: Am I a Governer or an Adviser

  April 27, 2026 · 10 min

  In this episode, Kim John Payne offers a quick overview of the Soul of Discipline framework and then focuses on a common confusion in the early years: the difference between being a governor and being an advisor. He explains that during…