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In the second episode of our Poolside Professional Development Summer Series for Moms we are sharing a conversation with Kim John Payne.

Yes, that’s right, sisters- he’s back!

Kim John Payne, M.ED, is an award-winning author and has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator, and private family counselor for twenty-seven years. In this conversation, we discuss child development, adolescence, homeschooling, media consumption, and how to simplify it all!

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On Simplicity, with Kim John Payne

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Please welcome Kim John Payne back to The Homeschool Sisters Podcast!

Kim John Payne is an award-winning author of Simplicity Parenting,The Soul of Discipline, Being At Your Best When Your Kids Are At Their Worst, and Emotionally Resilient Tween and Teens, among others. His books have been translated into 27 languages.

He is a consultant and trainer to over 230 U.S. independent and public schools. Kim John Payne, M.ED, has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator, and private family counselor for twenty-seven years. He regularly gives keynote addresses at international conferences for educators, parents, and therapists and runs workshops and training around the world. In each role, he has been helping children, adolescents, and families explore issues such as social difficulties with siblings and classmates, attention and behavioral issues at home and school, emotional issues such as defiance, aggression, addiction, and self-esteem, and the vital role living a balanced simple life brings.

He has also consulted for educational associations in South Africa, Hungary, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Thailand, and China. Kim has worked extensively with the North American and UK Waldorf educational movements. He has served as Director of the Collaborative Counseling program at Antioch University New England. He is the Director of the Simplicity Project a multi-media social network that explores what really connects and disconnects us to ourselves and to the world. Together with his team, they have trained around 1200 Simplicity Parenting Coaches and Group Leaders around the world. Kim is the Founding Director of The Center for Social Sustainability, an organization that has trained thousands of teachers, parents, and students in the Three Stream Process that gives social, emotional, and behavioral support to children who struggle in the school environment.

Kim strives to deepen understanding and give practical tools for life that arise out of the burning social issues of our time. He lives on a farm in Ashfield, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.

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