Peaceful Parenting: Why Your Kids Don’t Listen & What to Do Instead of Punishments with Sarah Rosensweet

Have you ever caught yourself yelling at your kids and thought, "I sound just like my parents"? Peaceful parenting offers a different path—one that breaks the cycle of fear-based discipline without becoming permissive. I sit down with Sarah Rosensweet, certified peaceful parenting coach and founder of Reimagined Peaceful Parenting, to explore how we can set firm limits with empathy, even when our own childhoods were anything but peaceful.

Sarah shares practical strategies for those morning battles over getting dressed, sibling fights that push every button, and why your "disobedient" child might actually be showing healthy development. We discuss the difference between dropping old authoritarian tools versus replacing them with connection-based approaches, how to build what Sarah calls the "goodwill bank" with your children, and why forcing a three-year-old to clean up spilled macaroni won't make them a helpful adult.

If you're exhausted from power struggles and want to parent differently than you were raised but don't know where to start, this conversation gives you tools for peaceful parenting.

Topics covered on Peaceful Parenting:

1. What's the difference between peaceful parenting and just giving up on discipline altogether?
2. How do you get your strong-willed toddler dressed without it becoming World War III every morning?
3. Why does a child behave perfectly at school but fall apart at home - and is that actually okay?
4. What can you do when sibling fights trigger memories of your own childhood conflicts?
5. How do you explain to your partner that yelling isn't working when that's how they were raised?
6. What is the "goodwill bank" concept and how does it help with teenage cooperation?
7. How can you stay calm when your kids push every button you didn't even know you had?
8. What's the real reason kids fight with their siblings (hint: it's not about the toy)?

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For full show notes and more resources visit https://www.drrobynkoslowitz.com/2025/10/01/peaceful-parenti…sarah-rosensweet/