It blows my mind how many people talk about parenting without even knowing the basic styles from developmental psychology. Gentle parenting is not permissive parenting. Gentle parenting is actually a form of authoritative parenting, high expectations and high support.
What people are really mad about is authoritarian parenting, the “because I said so” control and punishment type.
Permissive parenting, on the other hand, is what happens when the parent checks out, distant, avoidant, “you can do whatever you want” with no structure. It’s not gentle, it’s absent.
If you think gentle parenting = permissive parenting, you’re not just wrong. You’re ridiculously wrong. Like “flunking basic human development 101” wrong.
If you think gentle parent actually is synonymous with permissive parenting, cite a source that supports your claim!
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Please explain gentle parenting more to me. I want to incorporate it more based on what I have read so far
I’m so glad that people are finally learning this.
“Because I said so” maybe harsh but it’s also hard for the parent to explain and it’s hard for the child to understand. It’s hard to explain why a child can’t do something and most people don’t get it until they are adults themselves.
I have never heard anyone say permissive or gentle parenting. Who tf are you arguing with…