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Many of us are struggling with the news of another

Many of us are struggling with the news of another stay at home order.
E-learning is challenging.
Finding a balance is challenging.
Self-care is challenging.
If you need to talk, vent, reach out – I am here.
These are difficult times… for us all, and I am here for you.
Please, let me know how I can help.
Stay well, stay safe!
We are still very much in this together!
Xx
Sarah

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Sarah Rosensweet is a certified peaceful parenting coach, speaker, and educator, and the parenting advice columnist for Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper. She lives in Toronto with her husband and three big kids (ages 13, 16, and 19). Peaceful parenting is a non-punitive, connection-based approach that uses firm limits with lots of empathy. Sarah works one-on-one virtually with parents all over the world to help them go from frustrated and overwhelmed to, “We’ve got this!”
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This reminds me so much of one of my favourite pea

This reminds me so much of one of my favourite peaceful parenting mindset shifts: They're doing the best they can.
Children want to be good.

We are hard-wired to seek out connection with a caregiver. That is how we kept ourselves safe from the tigers! Harmony and connection with each other is our natural state. If children aren’t being good, it’s because they can’t manage to be good in that moment.

It’s true that children misbehave all the time, even though they
want to be good:

✅ They are curious:
“What happens if I pour this soap in the sink?”

✅ They live in the moment:
“Jumping on the couch is so much fun!”

✅ They have big feelings:
“I hate sharing with my sister!”

✅ They have poor impulse control:
“I know the rule but I can’t help hitting.”

So frustrating! But if we can remember in those difficult moments, “They’re doing the best they can,” everything changes. We can respond with the patience and compassion we need to solve whatever problem is at hand and make parenting so much easier.

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Sarah works one-on-one virtually with parents all over the world to help them go from frustrated and overwhelmed to, “We’ve got this!” Read more at: www.sarahrosensweet.com

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RAISING RESILIENT KIDS Support kids by providing h

RAISING RESILIENT KIDS
Support kids by providing high expectations, high support, and welcoming feelings.
👉Resilience isn't not getting upset.
👉Resilience is recovering after a setback.
👉Resilience is 'I can handle this'

HIGH EXPECTATIONS
✅ I believe in you
✅ You can do this
✅ You can handle it

HIGH SUPPORT
🌱 Encourage
🌱 Recognize effort
🌱 Step back
🌱 Promote growth mindset
🌱 Scaffolding

WELCOME ALL FEELINGS💗
Growth sometimes requires frustration, sadness and disappointment
Feelings are not an emergency
Empathize

Have questions about raiding resilient children? Let’s talk!🤔
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Sarah Rosensweet is a certified peaceful parenting coach, speaker, and educator, and the parenting advice columnist for Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper. She lives in Toronto with her husband and three big kids (ages 13, 16, and 19). Peaceful parenting is a non-punitive, connection-based approach that uses firm limits with lots of empathy. Sarah works one-on-one virtually with parents all over the world to help them go from frustrated and overwhelmed to, “We’ve got this!”

Read more at: www.sarahrosensweet.com

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Self-Compassion Breaks When our loved ones are ups

Self-Compassion Breaks
When our loved ones are upset, we respond to them with empathy so
that they feel understood. We support them with compassion as the big
feelings pass through them. We let them know they are not alone in
their pain.

We need to respond to ourselves with compassion when things feel
hard. We are ALWAYS worthy and lovable, no matter what.

TRY A SELF-COMPASSION BREAK
Use a self-compassion break whenever things feel hard:

When you are about to lose your temper, are already yelling
or after you have lost it.
When you feel overwhelmed.
When you are experiencing difficult emotions.
When you recognize you are beating yourself up.

NOTICE:
Try to recognize where in your body you feel the
stress. If it feels good, you can put your hand on your
body in that place or where it feels comforting.
Say to yourself, “This is a moment of suffering” or “This
is very difficult” or “Of course I am having a hard time.”

NORMALIZE AND CONNECT
Say to yourself, “Suffering is part of being alive” or
“Other people feel like this sometimes, too” or “I am not
alone in my suffering.”

SOOTHE AND COMFORT
Say to yourself, “May I be kind to myself. Even though
_____, I am lovable and worthy.”
Ask yourself, “What do I need right now?”

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Peaceful parenting is the parenting approach that

Peaceful parenting is the parenting approach that I practice and teach. I’m convinced it’s why being a mom to 3 teenagers has been such a breeze!

What is peaceful parenting exactly? 🤔

Peaceful parenting has three big ideas: a commitment to parental self-regulation, an emphasis on connection and our relationship with our child, and a reliance on kind, firm limits with lots of empathy and no punishment to help guide our child’s behaviour.

Why peaceful parenting? 🤔

The peaceful parenting approach is attractive to many parents because it feels great to be on the same team with your child and have less conflict in your home. But peaceful parenting is also a long game. The research shows that using limits instead of punishment helps our children develop intrinsic motivation, resilience, empathy and a strong internal sense of right and wrong.

A note: Peaceful parenting is NOT an easy approach. It requires patience, self-awareness, and a lot of effort on our part as parents. It’s hard work. Talk to any seasoned peaceful parent though and they’ll tell you it is worth it.

Okay, so why are those three big ideas so important? And what does peaceful parenting look like in action? I would live to show you!

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Use Love and Connection, instead of Control Most o

Use Love and Connection, instead of Control
Most of us are afraid that if we are not hands-on, all-in, shaping our child, they won’t learn what they need to learn or develop into good people. We parent from a place of fear.

Try this instead: Choose love.❤️
Emphasize connection and your relationship with your child and trust the process of your child’s growth and development.

“Our job as parents is not to make a particular kind of child. Instead, our job is to provide a protected space of love, safety, and stability in which children… can flourish. Our job is not to shape our children’s minds; it’s to let those minds explore all the possibilities that the world allows. Our job is not to tell children how to play; it’s to give them the toys and pick the toys up again after the kids are done. We can’t make children learn, but we can let them learn.” - Alison Gopnik

👉Ask yourself not, “What do I need to do to my child? How can I control their behaviour?” but “What do I need to do to serve our relationship and trust in the process?”

👉If we want our children to develop a strong inner compass, we need to focus on values instead of rules. When they internalize our values they develop an inner sense of right and wrong so that they can think for themselves and do the right thing when no one’s looking. If we want our children to choose right over wrong, we need to treat them with empathy and understanding so they can develop empathy and learn how their actions affect others.

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For those who don’t know me yet, I want to intro

For those who don’t know me yet, I want to introduce myself … or re-introduce myself. I’m Sarah, peaceful parenting coach and mom of 3 big kids (13, 16, and 19).

My husband and I have a great relationship with our kids. We genuinely enjoy each other’s company.

How did we get here? Peaceful parenting.
Peaceful parenting is an approach that uses kind, firm limits with lots of empathy. We’re in charge but we give kids the support they need to meet our expectations. We emphasize connection and prioritize our relationship with our kids.
Because guess what? Our relationship is the most effective way we can influence our kids.

Why Your Relationship Matters
When my oldest son was in his middle teen years, he told me that many of his friends ignored their parents’ phone calls and texts, and went home late, if at all.
He said, “You’re lucky I care what you and Dad think.”
He is right.

‘Kids who care what you think’ is 90% of the equation for raising great kids you want to spend time with (and who want to spend time with you!)❤️

👉How I Can Help You Get There:
My job is to give you the peaceful parenting tools and strategies and you need to know and the love and support you need to implement them.

Whether you’re being driven around the bend by kids who don’t listen until you yell, or feel like getting anyone to do anything is like pulling teeth, you are in the right place.

It is possible to enjoy your kids again and be the parent you want to be.

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