👶🏻Gentle parenting (GP)👶🏻
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@Sarah🦄 I'm curious of the dynamic and if it makes a difference if someone grew up in a gentle parenting household. Nothing about my upbringing was gentle parenting but the time that I spent with my grandparents was gentle. With my first son I didn't gentle parent until he was older. With the new baby I want to do the nothing but gentle parent.
@Violeta💕 Put it this way, I felt that I could be honest with my mam & go to her about anything. Whereas, I'd not want to tell my dad anything in case I got into trouble for it.
@Sarah🦄 It's nice that you had that support from your mom. I was terrified of my mother I couldn't go to her for anything.
My mum took no ish but she always made sure we knew we had her and she had our backs and she taught us how to deal with a rough world (is the way I see it) we always felt safe and we were known for being two of the kids with the best manners and most respect towards people. I’m the same with my daughter and she’s absolutely amazing, everyone who meets her says how lovely she is, how happy and sociable she is and that she has good manners (she’s extremely sociable literally smiles and talks to everyone which isn’t always a good thing) she’s not an Angel but no one is and she definitely can have a temper but even then she’s able to calm herself down with or without our help I’ve seen some success stories of gentle parenting but the only people I personally know who do it have very rude and spoilt kids who have lacking social skills and those are the only kids I’ve known out of everyone to actually try and bully other kids, but I think these parents take gentle too far 🤦♀️
I don't think my parents used gentle parenting, but they were much more gentle than their own parents were.
@Grace It's interesting how each generation has their own dynamic, I think we pick up some of what our parents did and also create our own methods.
@Violeta💕 yes! It'll be interesting to see how different things are by the time our kids are parents and what methods will be recommended then 😂
@Grace for real! I have a feeling Ai will be integrated into modern day parenting.
@Zo Your daughter sounds so amazing! I want one! I think it depends. I was reading that you can gentle parent but have boundaries, that it's not some free-for-all type of ordeal.
My mam did gentle parenting but, my dad was authorative & quite strict with me. I had a much nicer experience with my mam, than I did with my dad as a child. I do tend to gentle parent my daughters & follow my mam's lead.