The Juggle is Real Why Your Kids Need a ’90s Christmas: Reclaiming a Slower, More Connected Holiday Season | 179
In this episode, Andryanna explores how parents can bring back the best parts of a ’90s Christmas—slower moments, simple traditions, unstructured play, and genuine connection—to support kids’ developing brains during the busiest season of the year.
Grounded in research on attention, delayed gratification, nervous system regulation, and the impact of screen-heavy environments on children, Andryanna offers low-effort, high-reward ideas parents can use to create a calmer, more meaningful holiday season for Gen Z and Alpha teens, tweens and kids. She also explains how adults can model these behaviours, co-regulate with their children, and experience more ease themselves.
In this episode, she dive into:
Why today’s kids experience more stimulation and less natural downtime;
How ’90s-style traditions support focus, emotional regulation, and problem solving;
The science behind delayed gratification and why it matters during the holidays;
Simple nostalgic activities that build connection without adding stress;
How outdoor play, slow games, and boredom strengthen growing brains;
Nervous system tools to reduce overstimulation for kids and parents;
The role of attunement and co-regulation in creating a calmer family holiday;
Practical shifts to make the holidays less rushed and more restorative.
A supportive, nostalgic, research-backed episode for parents craving a simpler, slower, more connected holiday season.
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Key themes include:
90s Christmas traditions; slowing down during the holidays; Gen Alpha parenting; kids’ nervous system regulation; holiday overstimulation kids; delayed gratification kids; simple Christmas traditions; slow parenting; holiday mental load moms; co-regulation and attunement; kids screen time holidays; creating Christmas magic; nostalgic Christmas ideas; mindful holiday parenting.