The Waldorf School of Bend is hosting internationally recognized speaker and author, Kim John Payne, on May 4 from 6 pm – 8 pm at Mountain View High School. Parents are invited to hear Kim John Payne’s renowned presentation on Simplicity Parenting. Payne will discuss the challenges facing the family in today’s fast paced culture, while offering specific solutions on how to raise calmer, happier and more secure kids.
Tickets are $20.00 and available at www.Bendticket.com info:www.kjp.bendwaldorf.org
“Many of today’s behavioral issues come from children having too much stuff and living a life that is too fast”, says author and family counselor, Kim John Payne.
Simplicity Parenting offers a simple, orderly, and effective pathway regarding four realms in the home, which will reduce stress on children and their parents, and allow room for connection, creativity, and relaxation. Learn how to de-stress and de-clutter the life while raising functional and happier children.
Parents will come away from the presentation knowing how to take specific steps regarding the home’s four realms to simplify their lives and their schedules. They will find that their children are noticeably calmer and happier; better suited socially and emotionally; are more focused at school; find it easier to comply with family rules; become less picky eaters.
Parents who follow this process prescribed by Kim John Payne have a clearer picture of what they value; are more united with each other in their parenting; have more time and energy for connection, relaxation, and fun.
A consultant and trainer to over 110 U.S. independent and public schools, Kim John Payne, M.ED, has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator and a private family counselor for twenty seven years. He regularly gives key note addresses at international conferences for educators, parents, and therapists and runs workshops and trainings 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, and the United Kingdom. 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 Co Director of the Simplicity Project a multi-media social network that explores what really connects and disconnects us to ourselves and to the world. Kim is the Founding Director of The Center for Social Sustainability.
