To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I've teamed up with one of the headmasters at Eton College, and we're spearheading a kind of 'slow education movement in Britain'.… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry,… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Now is the moment to define our terms. In this book, Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Speed can give you a great feeling of excitement, and there is a place for that in life and in music," says Kliemt. "But… — Carl Honoré Copy Share
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten… — Carl Honore Copy Share
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a… — Carl Honore Copy Share
Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century. — Carl Honore Copy Share
Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less… — Carl Honore Copy Share
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of… — Carl Honore Copy Share
“While the rest of the world roars on, a large and growing minority is choosing not to do everything at full-throttle. In every human… — Carl Honoré Copy Share
I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But… — Carl Honore Copy Share
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey.… — Carl Honore Copy Share
This is where our obsession with going fast and saving time leads. To road rage, air rage, shopping rage, relationship rage, office rage, vacation… — Carl Honore Copy Share
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But… — Carl Honore Copy Share
“Much has already been destroyed. We have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they arrive.” — Carl Honoré Copy Share
“When people moan, “Oh, I’m so busy, I’m run off my feet, my life is a blur, I haven’t got time for anything,” what… — Carl Honoré Copy Share
I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go… — Carl Honore Copy Share
