in simplifying your family’s schedule it may be helpful to write a list of things that take time. Things that can’t be rushed, things that deepen over time. (Such a list is ideally written while lying in a hammock, or sitting at the park, while your kids play.) But keep the list open, and keep it close at hand; you’ll be adding to it over time. Your child’s interests, their abilities, their sense of freedom, their sense of humor, and their sense of themselves will be on the list; these take time. The strength of your family’s connectedness also takes time and balance. So start with balanced
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