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Scenario

How families can balance children's natural pace with external time pressures

Our family has been rushing our 5-year-old through morning routines for months and we all hate it but we can't figure out how to honor his need to move slowly without making everyone late. We've tried everything - earlier bedtimes, laying out clothes, timers - but he still lives in a completely different time universe than school schedules demand.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family is trapped between respecting their child's organic relationship with time and meeting the rigid demands of institutional schedules.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Children and time — how they experience it?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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