We have produced a podcast on the use of restorative approaches in parenting! Do you use restorative justice and practice in your professional work or volunteering but want to explore how to use it at home?
The Restorative Parenting podcast is a space to talk about how we can incorporate restorative principles into family life. None of us are experts in parenting (or want to add to the noise of ‘parenting advice’) but wanted to gather to discuss our own highs and lows of restorative parenting and how we can find support and learn from each other.
Hosted by Joy Bettles (Communications and Development Officer, The Mint House), each episode features three guests who all work professionally in restorative justice and also have young children:
- Dr Justine Andreu Darling (Coordinator, Certificate in Restorative Justice Leadership & Facilitation, University of San Diego)
- Dr Crystena Parker-Shandal (Associate Professor, Renison University College, University of Waterloo)
- Dr Lindsey Pointer (Assistant Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School and the Principal Investigator of the National Center on Restorative Justice)
In this initial 4-episode season, we cover these topics:
- What is restorative parenting?
- Highs and lows of restorative parenting
- Helping our children develop emotional awareness and vocabulary
- Working through sibling conflict and rivalry
- Building our own capacity for restorative responses
We would also love to hear from you! How do you approach parenting as a restorative person? What would you add to our discussion? Send us a message on social media or email joy@minthouseoxford.co.uk. We are hoping to organise online meetups to gather like-minded parents together (the first will be on the 22nd of May 2023).
You can subscribe/follow now so that you are notified as soon as each episode is released! Episodes will be released weekly throughout April and May 2023.