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Name: Minimalist Parenting
Rating: 3.9 (86 reviews)
Author: Christine Koh and Asha Dornfest

Christine Koh and Asha Dornfest

Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less

3.9 (86 Bewertungen)

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What’s in it for me? Discover a new and better way of parenting by listening to yourself.

As anyone who’s been to a store for children or babies lately knows, modern-day parenting can be a jungle. You find yourself staring down row after row of the latest baby equipment, toys, gadgets and parenting books. What to choose? And when did strollers get so expensive? Add to this the countless blogs and online parenting forums, and you might start asking yourself if it really has to be so complicated and expensive to raise kids. Isn’t there a simpler way? Enter Minimalist Parenting.

Minimalist parenting is about trusting your own values and preferences once again. As these blinks will show you, becoming a parent doesn’t have to mean that your old life is gone forever; keeping your dreams and passions alive is not only good for you and your relationship, it’s also good for your children.

With a few tweaks and some reprioritizing, you can make your life as a parent much more fun. These blinks will show you how.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

why being selfish is good for your kids;
why looking for the perfect school for your children is a waste of time; and
how minimalist parenting will help you have more money left over for fun stuff.

Step off the modern parenting treadmill and start following your own values and preferences.

If you are a parent, you’re familiar with the exhausting modern parenting treadmill of expectations, choices and pressure. Luckily, there is a way to stop the madness!

Chances are you already have everything you need for a great family life: time, love and probably enough money for basic necessities. The stress and hurdles come from an abundance of choice, stuff, obligations and guilt.

Choice is wonderful, but the incredible range of choices today, from philosophies to gadgets, is overwhelming.

Minimalist parenting, however, is not about harsh rules or living like a monk – it’s about giving yourself the permission to reject impossible expectations and so-called ideal ways of parenting. It’s about living a joyful life that fits your personal values, not those of others. Parenting this way makes your kids stronger and allows them to grow.

Here are a few steps to get started with minimalist parenting:

Begin with a fresh mindset that challenges the modern parenting demand of “more.” One way to do this is to stop comparing yourself to other parents. Even if their children have more toys, get better grades and do more activities, their style of parenting is still not yours. Everyone has to develop their own unique path.

To do so, you have to know yourself and your family. Your family might want different things than you do; if you crave adventure and travel but your family doesn’t, you shouldn’t focus everything on traveling the world.

Next, drop the idea of being perfect. Instead, try to improve bit by bit. Bear in mind that you’re not alone in your struggles and that other parents share the same worries, so talk about your experiences with them.

Finally, remember that more doesn’t necessarily mean safer or better. Your child’s future isn’t determined by his or her first violin! Real importance lies in being present, minimizing and being happy – with yourself.

Minimalist parenting is ultimately about you.

There’s a wealth of great advice out there, but it doesn’t mean that you have to abide by everything you hear and read. In fact, it would be helpful to do quite the opposite.

You must learn to trust yourself, your interests and decisions. Enjoying your own interests and wanting things for yourself is healthy, and should be an important part of day-to-day life.

Time is limited, so it has to be organized, prioritized and managed.

At this point, minimalist parenting may sound too good to be true – how do you find more time for yourself while still handling everything else? The answer is time management!

Time is a limited resource. But rather than asking “How do I fit everything in?”, ask “What is most important to fit in?”

Having less stuff will help you be a better parent.

Do you feel overwhelmed by how much stuff you have as soon as you get home? Well, bring out the garbage bags, it’s time to declutter!

Minimalist parenting isn’t about deprivation – you can still enjoy buying things. But there is so much that we hold onto purely for emotional reasons. The key is to focus on worth, and only keep things if you absolutely love them.

Education is not only about school, but schooling gets easier when approached differently.

Education is always a hot topic and generates a lot of stress for parents: you want your child to be in the best school, have stimulating toys, be able to read as early as possible, play an instrument before school and speak several languages. It’s time to drop these expectations.

Minimalist parenting embraces continual learning, and once you realize that your child is learning all the time, you’ll no longer be under such pressure to find the “perfect” school.

Playtime and extracurricular activities are both very important but should not be planned too strictly.

With so many books on which extracurricular and playtime activities are best for your child, how do you choose? Don’t!

Children need playtime, but instead of following a strict plan, what matters most is to put playtime in your schedule, and make it simple and good fun.

Shared meals are a great way for your family to connect.

Do you get stressed even thinking about your next vacation, the next birthday or even tomorrow’s lunch? With a bit of minimalist parenting, you don’t have to!

Preparing a varied, nutritious and tasty meal can feel like a huge effort, but you needn’t be a gourmet chef to pull it off – just keep it simple.

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Minimalist Parenting (2013) presents a new conception of parenting: fewer rules and more listening to your gut. Rather than following the herd’s latest parenting trends, Christine Koh and Asha Dornfest present an approach to raising a family that puts your personal and family values at the heart of your life as a parent.

Wer Minimalist Parenting lesen sollte

Parents of all stripes
Moms and dads who are overwhelmed by parenting books
Anyone wanting to maintain healthy family relationships

Über den Autor

Dr. Christine Koh is a psychologist specializing in behavioral and cognitive science. Koh writes blog posts and articles on lifestyle and parenting, and is herself an excellent example of how to strike a healthy balance between being both a parent and a professional. Minimalist Parenting is her first bestselling book.

With over 20 years’ experience as a writer primarily in web publishing, Asha Dornfest now focuses on writing about parenting and maintaining her blog on the subject.

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