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by Robin Sharma
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Sarah R. Moore
Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior
19 mins
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Peaceful Discipline offers a compassionate approach to parenting, emphasizing understanding and connection over punishment. The book provides strategies to foster healthy parent-child relationships, encouraging respect and empathy within the family dynamic.
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The case for story teaching
Picture this: you walk into your child’s room and find them gleefully hurling freshly folded clothes across the floor. Shocked, you start to yell and threaten consequences. Meanwhile, your child feels scared and small. You storm off and, minutes later, feel like the worst parent in the world.
Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Most parents find themselves trapped in cycles of yelling, guilt, and disconnection with their children. But parenting doesn’t have to be this hard – and it can even be peaceful.
Enter story teaching, an ancient practice that’s been helping humans guide their children for thousands of years. Inuit cultures used storytelling to teach water safety, and Jesus used parables with his disciples. Storytelling has always been humanity’s go-to method for passing down wisdom. Unlike modern quick-fix parenting strategies, story teaching works because it meets children how they naturally are: curious, imaginative, and absolutely enchanted by narratives.
The magic lies in how perfectly stories align with children’s developmental needs. Kids thrive when they feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure. These feelings all naturally emerge during storytelling. Stories also allow children to learn about emotions and navigate difficult situations in a completely safe environment, without the emotional flooding that can come from direct confrontation. This is especially powerful for sensitive children who might shut down when faced with traditional discipline methods.
The timing couldn’t be more important. Research shows that children’s creativity has been declining in alarming ways, especially between kindergarten and third grade. Story teaching combats that by engaging their imaginations and innate curiosity. Instead of passive entertainment, interactive storytelling becomes active participation in their own growth and learning.
Perhaps most importantly, story teaching offers parents a way to guide their children without judgment, shame, or punishment. Story teaching recognizes that mistakes are teachers, not failures, and that imperfect parenting is not only normal but healthy.
So how do you actually use story teaching? First, you’ll need to feel solid on a few key building blocks. The first is emotion coaching, which we’ll discuss next.
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What is Peaceful Discipline about?
Peaceful Discipline (2023) offers a compassionate, research-informed approach to parenting that emphasizes connection over correction. It integrates insights from neuroscience, attachment theory, and trauma recovery to provide practical strategies for fostering cooperation and emotional regulation in children through storytelling, play, and co-regulation techniques.
Who should read Peaceful Discipline?
- New or aspiring parents seeking guidance
- Parents of highly sensitive or strong-willed children
- Parenting coaches, educators, and childcare professionals
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