Family Engagement Fridays Podcast by ELV
Aug 14, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
Send us Fan Mail Life with young children can feel busy, overwhelming, and sometimes just plain complicated. In honor of National Simplify Your Life…
Jennifer Garcia RosendoHostYoung children really don't care if we found the picture-perfect Pinterest activity.
They don't know if dinner was homemade or something we pulled together at last minute.
But what they do know is whether their favorite person on the planet is present or distracted.
One thing I've learned working with families is that we often make life harder than it needs to be because we care so much.
If you've ever looked around your house, your brain, or even your computer and thought, there is way too many tabs open, you're not alone.
If you ever signed up for an activity, then regretted it because now you have somewhere to be every Tuesday at five Oh four, because face it, you're busy fighting your kids to get their shoes on.
If you've ever served frozen chicken nuggets for dinner and felt guilty about it, please know you are definitely not alone.
Sometimes it's just asking yourself, what actually matters for my family right now? Maybe your child doesn't need three extracurricular activities this fall.
Maybe bedtime doesn't need to be a 15-step process for them or for yourself.
All you really need is soap, lotion, soap, and lotion, then boom, you're done.
You don't have to get home from a long day of work to recreate a complex activity that you saw on Instagram.
The toys that get played with the most are a cardboard box and the couch cushion anyways.
Some of their favorite memories will come from things that cost absolutely nothing.
building a fort, taking a walk, playing in the sprinkler, or reading the same book you've read a thousand times.
This week, I want to challenge you to find one thing you can simplify.
Young children really don't care if we found the picture-perfect Pinterest activity.
They don't know if dinner was homemade or something we pulled together at last minute.
But what they do know is whether their favorite person on the planet is present or distracted.
One thing I've learned working with families is that we often make life harder than it needs to be because we care so much.
If you've ever looked around your house, your brain, or even your computer and thought, there is way too many tabs open, you're not alone.
If you ever signed up for an activity, then regretted it because now you have somewhere to be every Tuesday at five Oh four, because face it, you're busy fighting your kids to get their shoes on.
If you've ever served frozen chicken nuggets for dinner and felt guilty about it, please know you are definitely not alone.
Sometimes it's just asking yourself, what actually matters for my family right now? Maybe your child doesn't need three extracurricular activities this fall.
Maybe bedtime doesn't need to be a 15-step process for them or for yourself.
All you really need is soap, lotion, soap, and lotion, then boom, you're done.
You don't have to get home from a long day of work to recreate a complex activity that you saw on Instagram.
The toys that get played with the most are a cardboard box and the couch cushion anyways.
Some of their favorite memories will come from things that cost absolutely nothing.
building a fort, taking a walk, playing in the sprinkler, or reading the same book you've read a thousand times.
This week, I want to challenge you to find one thing you can simplify.
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