Sustainable Minimalists

What Our Kids Really Need

Enough with excessive educational toys, extracurriculars, and enrichment activities. It’s time to take a step back, put our wallets away, and realize what our children *actually* need.On today's show: re-centering our parenting efforts around 3 of the most important childhood needs. Here's a preview:[10:00] Kids need your undivided attention! Make sure you're giving twice as much positive attention as negative attention[13:00] What recent research says about the benefits of delighting in our children[16:30] 3 benefits to signing up for one less extracurricular[28:00] Not all foods are created equal! Kids really do need these 8 micronutrients  Resources mentioned:
<a href="https://mamaminimalist.com/403-2/">Episode #403: The Processed Food Problem</a>
<a href="https://mamaminimalist.com/173/">Episode #173: How To Simplify Picky Eating</a>
 
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Creating eco-minimalist, non-toxic homes (without the extra work). Although minimalism has experienced a rebirth in recent years, the "less is more" movement has been around for centuries. Yet today's minimalist influencers have resurrected minimalism with a decidedly consumerist spin, as modern minimalism is nearly synonymous with decluttering. While there's a lot of chatter about tidying, it's radio silence and crickets when it comes to sustainability. The result? Aspiring minimalists find themselves on an endless hamster wheel of buying, decluttering, buying more, and purging again. Overemphasizing decluttering and underemphasizing the reasons why we overbuy in the first place is thoroughly inconsistent with slow living as a movement; consumption without intention is terrible for the planet, too. Your host, Stephanie Seferian, is a stay-at-home/podcast-from-home mom and author who believes that minimalism, eco-friendliness, and non-toxic living are intrinsically intertwined. She's here to explore the topics of conscious consumerism, sustainability, and environmentally-friendly parenting practices with like-minded women; she's here, too, to show you how to curate eco-friendly, decluttered homes (without the extra work).