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Admittedly I didn't read every word (or chapter) in this book. The basic premise being that kids are experiencing stress in small doses often enough that they behave similarly to kids that suffer from one big stress and have post-traumatic stress disorder. And so we simplify. I guess I was already sold on the "simplify" idea and mostly just read looking for a few ideas. We implemented the "half the toys, then half them again" to eliminate superfluous toys, while putting a few more imaginative, creative toys easily accessible (P paints every day now...which isn't a problem, we just had to gear up to deal with the mess more often!). I do admit that P noticed nothing missing, and did pull out a few of the toys she hadn't touched in ages, so we must have done something right. But the big question is...what do you do for gift-giving periods when you are trying to not add more "stuff"??

Some of the other chapters just weren't applicable yet, though some day they might be. Neither of our kids are old enough to be enrolled in tons of activities, so they have ample free play time. We are making an effort to keep the laptops out of the play area since that was impacting play negatively.