#70: Discovering Your Parenting Superpowers

In this episode of A Dad's Path, host Will Braunstein explores the concept of peaceful parenting with Sarah Rosensweet.

Sarah, a certified peaceful parenting coach, speaker-educator, and host of the top-rated parenting podcast, the Peaceful Parenting podcast, shares her knowledge on parenting superpowers and how to use them to guide parenting.

Will and Sarah delve into balancing autonomy and control in parenting young kids and discuss the importance of giving children enough independence to develop decision-making skills while still maintaining safety and well-being.

They also explore the topic of consequences in peaceful parenting, discussing the difference between consequences and natural consequences and how peaceful parenting uses natural consequences to teach children without making them feel bad.

Top Topics for Dads:

• Parenting superpowers and how to use them in guiding parenting

• Balancing autonomy and control in parenting

• The use of natural consequences in peaceful parenting

• Importance of addressing the root cause of child behavior

• Development of decision-making skills in children

• The benefits of positive reinforcement

• The limitations of traditional forms of punishment

• Empathy and kindness in child-rearing

• Impulse control in children

• The relationship between how people want to be treated and how to treat children.