This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is a special conversation with my teenage daughter Maxine. Peaceful Parenting is a long game, and a lot of you are interested in what it's like when you have an older kid who's been raised with peaceful parenting. I think Maxine will reassure a lot of you who are still in the weeds with little kids and encourage you to keep going if you have tweens or teens.

We talk about:

2:00 Maxine’s definition of what peaceful parenting
6:42 Maxine’s observations of conventional discipline in a school
12:21 Maxine feeling closer to her parents and brothers than her peers
15:17 Maxine’s experience with peaceful parenting making her more independent
19:00 Maxine’s definition of conventional parenting
19:45 Maxine noticing confusing messaging about gentle parenting on IG
21:00 How to encourage your kids to talk to you
25:19 Maxine’s take on grounding kids
26:30 Maxine’s feelings about her parents limiting her screen time when she was younger
29:00 What Maxine would tell to her grown up parents self

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2025-04-01- KSR - Hour 2