Peace and Parenting: How to Parent without Punishments

Michelle Kenney, M. Ed
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Are you sick of parenting with the ideas of yelling and shame and looking for something that feels better, is different, but still has a sense of boundaries and limits? Welcome to Peace and Parenting! Michelle is a former teacher, counselor, certified parenting coach, mom of two teens, recovering yeller, and perfectionist who parents without using punishments altogether. And guess what? It works! On this show, you’ll learn the how behind having kids who are entirely UNPUNISHED but who are also successful, kind, loving, and know how to follow directions.  Once a week, Michelle shares her insights and expertise on connective parenting through solo episodes and interviews with experts and other struggling parents. If you have exhausted all other options and don't know what to do next, this could be the parenting strategy you've been searching for.

  1. hace 6 h

    Kids Don’t Do What You Say. They Do What You Do

    This is the most uncomfortable topic in parenting, because it shifts the pressure off our kids and onto us. We tell them to calm down while we’re losing it. We ask for respect in a disrespectful tone. We rush them out the door and then wonder why they aren’t patient. And when it doesn’t work, we’re confused. Here’s what I had to learn the hard way. One morning I snapped at my daughter, and she turned and snapped at her sister in the exact same words, same tone, same edge. She wasn’t acting out. She was holding up a mirror. The thing I’d spent months trying to correct in her, she’d picked up from me. And that’s the hopeful part, because if she could absorb my worst moments, she could absorb my best ones too. In this episode, I share the five places we say one thing and do another, and the three practices that change your child by changing you. Interested in our Coaching Certification program? Start here Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Kids Don’t Do What You Say. They Do What You Do

  2. 3 nov

    Your Kid Doesn't Need To Be Rushed

    When was the last time your child got to just be? Not on the way to something. Not being moved along to the next thing. Not being asked to hurry up, finish up, or catch up. Just being, at their own pace. If you had to think hard about that, you are not a bad parent. You are living the exact life the rest of us are living. Fast, full, packed, with a next thing that is always a little behind. We rush them into reading, into grades, into sports, into being ready before they actually are, and then we get frustrated when they can’t keep up. There is a name for it: the hurried child, and once you see it, you can’t unsee it. In this episode, I share the years our life was a conveyor belt of “hurry,” why there is no prize for being early, and the three practices to unhurry your home, whether your kid is two or seventeen. Interested in our Coaching Certification program? Start here Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Your Kid Doesn't Need To Be Rushed

  3. 20 oct

    Could You Coach Other Parents?

    A lot of parents come to this work to change their own homes, and then something quieter starts to grow. A pull. A sense that maybe this isn’t just for your family. That maybe you’re meant to help other parents find what you found. If you’ve felt even a flicker of that, this episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m joined by Miriam, a mom of four-year-old twins and a former nurse who felt called to leave healthcare and train as a connected parenting coach. She shares what the Coaching Certification Program was actually like, the inner-child healing she didn’t see coming, and the moment she stopped asking “who am I to do this?” and started feeling genuinely confident with her first clients. If you’ve ever wondered whether you could do this too, Miriam’s honest, grounded answer might be the nudge you’ve been waiting for. Interested in our Coaching Certification program? Start here Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Could You Coach Other Parents?

  4. 13 oct

    The Balance Between Strict and Soft

    Almost every parent I work with asks me the same question. How do I balance strictness with softness? How can I be firm without being harsh, and soft without being permissive? It feels like you can only be one or the other. Maybe you grew up with a strict parent and swore you’d never make your kids feel that way, so you softened, and the softening turned into chaos. Or maybe you’re the firm one, and you can feel a distance growing that you don’t know how to close. Here’s the truth: strict and soft were never the only two options, and they were never even on the same line. In this episode, I share what they really are, why the calm delivery is the strategic one and not the weak one, and the four moves to be firm and warm in the very same breath. Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    The Balance Between Strict and Soft

  5. 6 oct

    The Back-to-School Reset

    Back to school time. We brace the kids for a new teacher, a new schedule, and earlier wake times. We purchase the backpack and walk them through it, and tell them they can do it. But no one gives the parent any information about what is ahead. The earlier wake times are also yours. The forms, the pickups, and getting six things in before Friday. You have a hundred more decisions per day now compared to in July, and your own tank is getting low. When your child walks through the door and breaks down over nothing, it is not a discipline issue. Your child has maintained restraint throughout the day. But with you, they know that they will always be loved exactly the way they are. So when they get home, the restraint breaks down. In this episode, I share what a school day costs to a child. I also share why the first six weeks are the most difficult, and a go-to strategy for a difficult season - under parenting on purpose. Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    The Back-to-School Reset

  6. 29 sep

    What Punishments Really Do

    Most of us were programmed to do the same things when children misbehaved. The time-out. Taking something away. The consequence. Nobody in that chain was a villain; they were tools passed down by people who loved us. And we were told they teach. That the time-out builds patience, the consequence builds responsibility, that in these little moments we're building character. But here's the real question. Did any of it actually work, or did it just get quiet for twenty minutes? Punishment is very good at one thing: buying a short stretch of compliance. And it pays for that quiet out of the only account that matters: your child's trust that your love doesn't flinch. In this episode, I share the time-outs I gave my "easy" daughter, what they were really teaching her, and the four things to reach for instead when your child does something that genuinely needs a response. Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    What Punishments Really Do

  7. 22 sep

    Your Teen Isn’t Pulling Away From You

    Somewhere around eleven, twelve, thirteen, something shifts. The kid who used to tell you everything starts giving you one-word answers. They stop looking for you and wanting to spend time with you. The door that used to stay open is closed. And the thing that makes sense for us in that moment is the scariest one: my teenager is pulling away, and I'm losing them. I felt exactly that in my own house, and it's one of the many reasons I came to this work. But here's what I learned. The pullback doesn’t mean they are rejecting you. It’s your kid doing their actual job, becoming their own person, and pushing off you the way a swimmer pushes off the wall. In this episode, Peace and Parenting coach Tim unpacks why the arguing and the eye-rolls are a sign of attachment, not disrespect, why silence is the thing to actually worry about, and how to stay close to a teenager who acts like they don't want you there. Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Your Teen Isn’t Pulling Away From You

  8. 15 sep

    Stop Saying "We Can't Afford It"

    You're at the checkout, almost done, and your child grabs something and asks, "Can we get this?" And four words come out before you've even thought about them: "We can't afford it." It feels honest. Responsible, even. Like you're teaching them the value of money. Most of us say it without a second thought, because our parents said it to us. But that little phrase can quietly plant something much bigger. A child doesn't hear a temporary cash-flow issue. They hear there is not enough; we are not people who get to have things; wanting is a problem. And they build a whole worldview on top of it. In this episode, I share the scarcity belief I'm still unraveling in my fifties, why the ask is almost never really about the toy, and the exact words to use instead that still mean no without teaching lack. Join us on our Weekly Training every Thursday at 9:30 am PT live on Zoom Interested in coaching? Let's have a conversation Check out my book UNPUNISHED Join us inside Skool for more resources and support Follow Peace and Parenting: Instagram: @peaceandparenting Facebook: @peaceandparentingla YouTube: @peaceandparentingla 💌 Enjoy today’s episode? Please share it with a fellow parent or leave a rating and a review. Feeling called to bring this work to other parents? Our Coaching Certification Program trains you to do exactly that. DM me CERTIFICATION on Instagram for details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Are you sick of parenting with the ideas of yelling and shame and looking for something that feels better, is different, but still has a sense of boundaries and limits? Welcome to Peace and Parenting! Michelle is a former teacher, counselor, certified parenting coach, mom of two teens, recovering yeller, and perfectionist who parents without using punishments altogether. And guess what? It works! On this show, you’ll learn the how behind having kids who are entirely UNPUNISHED but who are also successful, kind, loving, and know how to follow directions.  Once a week, Michelle shares her insights and expertise on connective parenting through solo episodes and interviews with experts and other struggling parents. If you have exhausted all other options and don't know what to do next, this could be the parenting strategy you've been searching for.

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