#gentle-parenting tag

1 week ago

Are you a gentle partner' or a Fafo partner'? I know which team I'm on | Polly Hudson

Gentle partnering encourages active listening and empathy in relationships, particularly in challenging times.

2 weeks ago

Behavioral Parents, Not Gentle Parents, Build Self-Control

Gentle parenting may improve parental self-perception but does not effectively teach children self-regulation skills compared to behavioral parenting.

#authoritative-parenting

2 weeks ago

Parenting

In Defense of "Gentle Parenting"

fromMail Online

9 months ago

Parenting

Stricter parenting helps children thrive at school, study confirms

more#authoritative-parenting

2 weeks ago

In Defense of "Gentle Parenting"

Gentle parenting faces criticism for being perceived as passive, while authoritative parenting is recognized as the most effective approach.

fromMail Online

9 months ago

Parenting

Stricter parenting helps children thrive at school, study confirms

1 month ago

Rethinking Gentle Parenting

Gentle parenting can backfire if parents confuse sympathy with empathy, leading to a lack of accountability in children.

The rise of Fafo parenting: is this the end of gentle child rearing?

Fafo parenting—"fuck around and find out"—is rising as a backlash to gentle parenting, emphasizing consequences, tougher discipline, and independence through discomfort.

#parenting-trends

fromHuffPost

Relationships

The Surprising Reactions Grandparents Have To Modern Parenting Trends

fromAeon

4 months ago

Philosophy

How 'scientific motherhood' polices and subjugates women | Aeon Essays

fromHuffPost

Relationships

The Surprising Reactions Grandparents Have To Modern Parenting Trends

fromAeon

4 months ago

Philosophy

How 'scientific motherhood' polices and subjugates women | Aeon Essays

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fromScary Mommy

I Literally Don't Have The Energy To Gentle Parent Anymore

Gentle parenting often collapses at bedtime, causing repeated negotiation, escalation, and parental exhaustion when children resist routines.

fromBusiness Insider

I regret not practicing gentle parenting with my oldest kids. I'm making up for lost time now.

Parenting evolved from old-school punitive methods to a gentle, guidance-focused approach emphasizing natural consequences, trust-building, and learning from experience.

5 months ago

Why Kids Need More Than Permissive Parenting

Permissive parenting pairs affection with weak or inconsistent boundaries, creating unclear expectations and potential behavioral and routine problems for children.

fromNew York Post

5 months ago

Gentle parenting blamed for passenger's unbearable air travel as he endures kicking kid: 'Worst flight of my life'

Gentle parenting practices can lead to permissive in-flight child behavior, provoking passenger frustration and online debate.

Beyond Separation Anxiety: A Strategy that Works

Respect and validate children's feelings, but also help them move past rumination instead of endlessly discussing feelings.

Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For review new mum's return to her own childhood

Janine Harouni's show explores parenthood, extended-family childcare, and gentle comedy with deft jokes and candid, sometimes transgressive, anecdotes.

fromThe New Yorker

We're Doing Child-Led Parenting

Parents abandoned boundaries and adopted child-led parenting, granting their child full decision-making power while constantly reframing language to avoid blame.

Parents who film their children crying for clicks should take a good look at themselves | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Thanks to the trend for gentle parenting, the concept of big feelings has become big money online, and for the most part I welcome that (Big Feelings isn't the only song that reflects this cultural shift; the animation Small Potatoes on CBeebies has a song that goes Feelings / I've got so many feelings, which my husband likes to sing to me when I'm premenstrual).

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