In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Yolanda Williams of Parenting Decolonized. This is the second time we have had Yolanda on the podcast and this time we discuss why peaceful/conscious parenting is so hard and how to create the changes we need in our families and society.

We talk about:

• 3:30 Yolanda’s explanation about why conscious parenting is so hard

• 5:50 How we cope with this exhaustion

• 9:00 The way we “cut corners” and do less

• 17:13 Having to parent while re-parenting ourselves

• 24:00 Roadblocks created by systemic oppression

• 29:00 Managing judgement from other adults

• 39:00 Learning how to implement boundaries with other adults

• 46:00 Oppressive parenting tactics- even more subtle ones

• 50:00 The deeper work of conscious parenting

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Supernova Parenting Summit: Guiding Neurodivergent Families Towards Brilliance July 27th-28th, 2024 www.supernovaparenting.org “Give your child a childhood that they don’t have to recover from”

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/wildnfreefamilyfarm

• IG and TikTok @prntgdcolonized

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This is a re-release of one of our favourite episodes: Corey and I discuss our best tips for traveling with kids. We know that traveling with our kids can be challenging, and there are tips and mindset hacks you can adopt and use in your own travel journeys. We cover meltdowns, setting expectations, routines, emotional backpacks, and more.

We cover:

• [2:25] Acknowledging that traveling with children is really difficult
• [4:05] Important mindset tips for traveling with kids
• [8:10] Planning your trip and keeping your schedule loose
• [10:10] Letting your kids know what to expect and setting expectations
• [11:15] Expecting meltdowns
• [13:40] How to make traveling with your kids more pleasant
• [23:50] Handling kids being out of their routine
• [26:55] Helping them empty their emotional backpacks

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In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Kristen RB Peterson on letting go of “getting ready for kindergarten” and focusing on play based learning instead. Listen in as we discuss the findings of studies on the importance of play and how to foster more play in your home.

We talk about:

• 4:45 Study about play based preschools vs. academic preschools

• 5:30 Confusion around what play is and what play is not

• 6:45 Five Characteristics of play

• 11:31 Play schemas (patterns in children’s play)

• 13:00 Importance of “loose materials” for play

• 14:42 Why parents should avoid academic focused preschools

• 26:13 NASA Creativity Study

• 33:00 How parents can help their kids have more play

• 38:00 Importance of risky play in early childhood

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• IG @kristen.rb.peterson

• Play-Based Learning Podcast https://www.kristenrbpeterson.com/podcasts

• Kristen’s Website https://www.kristenrbpeterson.com/

• Citations for the studies: “Studies that compared the performance of children attending academic preschools with those attending play-based preschools showed no advantage in reading and math achievement for children attending academic preschools. However, evidence did suggest that children attending academic preschools had higher levels of test anxiety, were less creative, and had more negative attitudes toward school than did the children attending play-based preschool.” Swart, K., & Houser, K. (2023). Early Childhood Play and Academics: What Are Parents’ Perceptions? Dimensions of Early Childhood, 51(2), 28–32.

• The second study mentioned: Zekarias, E. Z., & Zhao, W.(2023) Parent play beliefs, play as a teaching technique, and teachers' pedagogical knowledge, and children's early numeracy and literacy skills: Evidence from Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11(01), 270-292.

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This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is a coaching call with Jessica, Mom of 6-year-old and 8-year-old daughters. Listen in as we identify how her own anxiety was affecting her parenting as well as how to work with her strong-willed daughter.

We talk about:

• 6:00 The light bulb moment around how anxious Jessica was feeling

• 15:00 How to work with our children’s sensory preferences

• 17:50 How to word things with our strong-willed children

• 23:33 How our childhood shows up in our parenting

• 30:37 When kids won’t go to the bathroom

• 50:00 There are no “peaceful parenting police”

• 1:00 Sensory aversions to clothing

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Podcast with Lynn Lyons https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode-99-how-anxiety-shows-up-in-our-parenting-and-what-to-do-about-it-with-lynn-lyons/

• Podcast with OT Greg Santucci https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/greg-santucci-on-sensory-processing-and-live-qa-with-my-membership-community-episode-157/

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In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Greg Santucci a pediatric OT and founding Director of Power Play Pediatric Therapy. We discuss what the sensory processing system is and how to decode behaviour through cultivating a “sensory lens”.

This conversation was recorded in my membership, where community members were able to ask Greg their questions.

We talk about:

• 6:00 The “hidden” senses

• 9:00 What sensory processing is

• 12:23 Why sensory seeking behaviour happens

• 13:50 What “regulation” is

• 21:28 How parents can start looking at behaviour through a sensory lens

• 24:00 Trying to figure out the root cause of behaviour

• 27:00 Toddlers repeatedly dumping things

• 30:30 How to improve interoceptive awareness with kids

• 35:00 Accommodating sensory challenges/preferences at school

• 40:47 Potty training challenges in a daycare setting

• 47:00 Teaching strategies to manage sensory challenges

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• www.reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/membership to join my membership for the rest of June. You still have time to join the live Q&A with Ned Johnson, my workshop on healthy self-esteem, and access our weekly Office Hours

• Greg on Facebook: Greg Santucci, Occupational Therapist

• Greg’s resources: https://gregsantucci.com/

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In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview one of my favourite people and author of two parenting books, Ned Johnson. We discuss how to talk to kids to build stress tolerance, manage anxiety, build intrinsic motivation, and self regulate screen time.

Ned has been on the podcast twice before- be sure to check out the other two episodes linked below once you’re done listening to this one.

We talk about:

• 2:17 How you can get access to a live Q&A with Ned

• 6:35 Increasing stress tolerance in kids

• 9:30 The difference between resilience and stress tolerance

• 11:00 How to help kids with their anxiety

• 21:48 How to help kids stuck in a loop of negative thinking

• 37:00 How to help kids with intrinsic motivation

• 48:00 How to help kids with balanced screen use

Download the episode transcript HERE

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• www.reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/membership to join a live Q&A with Ned Johnson, my workshop on healthy self-esteem, and access to our weekly Office Hours

• What Do you Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home By Ned Johnson and William Stixrud https://amzn.to/3HwZuDT

• Raising A Self-Driven Child with Ned Johnson https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode8/

Bonus Q&A: What Do You Say? How to Talk to Kids to Promote Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home with Ned Johnson https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/bonusnedjohnson/

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In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Ruth Whippman about her book BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. We discuss the humanity lacking in traditional models of masculinity and the type of sensitive and connection-based parenting that is desperately needed for boys.

We talk about:

• 4:00 Systems of power and oppression

• 4:35 How the same systems that harm women and girls, also harm men and boys

• 6:00 How we see boys as mad, not sad

• 7:13 Neuroscience research on the sensitivity of boys’ brains

• 12:45 Why stats on boys’ mental health struggles are not accurate

• 13:55 Why adolescent boys are in a mental health crisis

• 28:34 How screens are displacing socializing in person for boys

• 36:00 Incel (involuntarily celibate) movement

• 43:00 Buddy vs. Sweetheart

Download the episode transcript HERE

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity by Ruth Whippman https://amzn.to/4c6W60C

Connect with Sarah Rosensweet

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrosensweet/

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Brief summary of show:

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I discuss how to help children through the end of the school year transitions and give you tips for how to facilitate an “old-fashioned” play based summer.

We talk about:

• 1:18 End of the school year is a transition

• 1:46 Transition years are even harder (end of kindergarten, moving to middle school, moving to high school etc.)

• 3:00 End of school anxiety

• 3:28 Report Cards and academic pressure

• 6:12 The importance of play during the summer

• 10:00 Ways to maintain academics in a low pressure ways during the summer

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• End of School Anxiety article https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/end-of-school-year-anxiety/

• “How to help out kids with Transitions” with Sarah Rosensweet https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode50/

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