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Have you ever caught yourself yelling at your kids and thought, “I sound just like my parents”? Peaceful parenting offers a different path—one that breaks the cycle of fear-based discipline without becoming permissive. I sit down with Sarah Rosensweet, certified peaceful parenting coach and founder of Reimagined Peaceful Parenting, to explore how we can set firm limits with empathy, even when our own childhoods were anything but peaceful.
Sarah shares practical strategies for those morning battles over getting dressed, sibling fights that push every button, and why your “disobedient” child might actually be showing healthy development. We discuss the difference between dropping old authoritarian tools versus replacing them with connection-based approaches, how to build what Sarah calls the “goodwill bank” with your children, and why forcing a three-year-old to clean up spilled macaroni won’t make them a helpful adult.
If you’re exhausted from power struggles and want to parent differently than you were raised but don’t know where to start, this conversation gives you tools for peaceful parenting.
More about Sarah R. Rosensweet:
Sarah Rosensweet is a certified peaceful parenting coach, speaker, educator, and the founder of Reimagined Peaceful Parenting. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their 17-year-old daughter, while her 20 and 23-year-old sons have already launched. Peaceful Parenting is a non-punitive, connection-based approach that uses firm limits paired with empathy.
Sarah works virtually with parents worldwide, helping them transition from feeling frustrated and overwhelmed to confident and capable. You can listen to her top-rated show, The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, on your favorite podcast platform.
Topics covered on Peaceful Parenting:
- What’s the difference between peaceful parenting and just giving up on discipline altogether?
- How do you get your strong-willed toddler dressed without it becoming World War III every morning?
- Why does a child behave perfectly at school but fall apart at home – and is that actually okay?
- What can you do when sibling fights trigger memories of your own childhood conflicts?
- How do you explain to your partner that yelling isn’t working when that’s how they were raised?
- What is the “goodwill bank” concept and how does it help with teenage cooperation?
- How can you stay calm when your kids push every button you didn’t even know you had?
- What’s the real reason kids fight with their siblings (hint: it’s not about the toy)?
Connect with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz:
- Website: www.drrobynkoslowitz.com
- Post Traumatic Parenting Guidebook
- Come say hi on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
- Book: Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle and Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be
Connect with Sarah R. Rosensweet:
- Website: www.reimaginepeacefulparenting.com
- Podcast: The Peaceful Parenting Podcast
- Free course: How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids
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More about Post Traumatic Parenting:
“How can I give my kids a normal childhood, when mine was anything but?” Post-Traumatic Parenting is the podcast for anyone who has ever asked themselves that question. Robyn Koslowitz, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and Post-Traumatic Parent, combines the fields of post-traumatic recovery and growth with our best understanding of how to raise Little Humans. Through interviews with experts in the fields of behavior science, psychology, trauma, and child development, as well as interviews with toy developers, children’s book authors, and anyone else who makes childhood a delight, Dr. Koslowitz explores how trauma impacts our parenting, and how to hack our traumas into superpowers and super-parenting.
Each week, Dr. Koslowitz unpacks how to survive and thrive as a Post-Traumatic Parent. She shares behind-the-scenes insights into the research that underlies what we know about parenting, child development, and trauma recovery. Each podcast provides actionable tips about how to transform our Post-Traumatic Parenting and how to turn our parenting journey into a post-traumatic growth experience. Dr. Koslowitz interviews some of the famous names in these fields, and some experts you’ve never heard of (but should have!). Ready to go from survivor to thriver? Ready to become the parent you’ve always dreamed of being? Join us!
