150: What Influencers are Getting Wrong about Peaceful Parenting The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

In this episode of the Peaceful Parenting Podcast, Corey and I break down 8 myths about peaceful parenting that keep coming up on social media. We discuss the nuance involved in this parenting approach and what it really means to be a peaceful parent.
 
We talk about:
2:09 Backlash about Peaceful Parenting (PP)
4:07 How nuance of the approach doesn’t come across on social media
5:31 Myth 1: Parents need to be calm all the time
9:48 Myth 2: The child’s needs and preferences are more important than the parents
17:29 Myth 3: PP is not realistic or actually possible to do
21:13 Myth 4: There is one way to do PP
27:22 Myth 5: PP is about never making your children feel bad and shielding them from all pain
29:49 Myth 6: PP is the same as permissive parenting
30:15 Myth 7: PP is just a bunch of scripts and it’s robotic- you can’t be yourself
33:20 Myth 8: Standards are too high and lead to perfectionism
 
Download the episode transcript HERE 
 
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Understanding Challenging Behaviour with Dr. Stuart Shanker https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode78/
Hunt, Gather, Parent with Michaeleen Doucleff https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode60/ 
 
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