TPP 322: Gentle Parenting Expert Sarah Moore Talks About Peaceful Discipline

My guest today is Sarah Moore, the author of the new book Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior. Sarah explains what peaceful discipline is and walk us through its relationships with the traditional disciplinary tools many parents rely on when navigating tricky behavior, like time outs and consequences. Sarah also explained the power of using story teaching to help kids create positive coherent narratives for difficult situations, no matter how old they are, as a way to create the opportunity for learning and growth as opposed to experiences being internalized in harmful ways.

Sarah R. Moore is the author of “Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior,” and founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting. She is a Master Trainer in conscious parenting and has training in child development, trauma recovery, and interpersonal neurobiology.

 Things you'll learn from this episode:

• How Sarah defines peaceful discipline
• What the H.U.G. process is and how we can use it to support our child’s healthy emotional development
• How to reframe our thinking about traditional discipline tools like timeouts (and shift to employing “time ins”)
• How to effectively tap into natural consequences as a positive tool in our parenting
• Why removing a device or toy isn't actually a natural consequence that works long term
• What Story Teaching is and how we can use it as a tool to support our child in creating coherent positive narrative about difficult situations

 Resources mentioned for:

• Sarah Moore’s website, Dandelion Seeds
• Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science, and Better Behavior by Sarah R. Moore
• Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting Blog, Mini-Courses & Expert Interviews
• Dandelion Seeds on Instagram
• Dandelion Seeds on Facebook
• Dandelion Seeds on YouTube
• Dandelion Seeds on Twitter
• Sign up at Sarah’s website for one free mini-course (more than 40 topics available) and a selection of expert interviews

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