The new book, The Time-Starved Family: Helping Overloaded Families Focus on What Matters Most, author DeAnne Flynn offers doable tips and valuable insight to help families stay connected and strong in today’s fast-paced, often hectic world.

 While most parents say they want to slow the pace of their frantic lives, they simply don’t know how to take the reins and do something to ease their mounting burdens.

 With 16 practical tips, Flynn teaches families how to break out of the overwhelming trap of over-scheduling and over-doing. While reinforcing simple ideas like knowing when to say no and planning regular family dinners, Flynn also urges parents to “take a hard look at our lives to decide what can stay and what has to go.” Prioritizing, a tool Flynn calls “the forgotten art in all too many homes today,” is the key to balancing a busy family life.