Gentle parents give their children choices ... style of parenting in which the child is in charge and the authoritarian parenting tactics of the past — both of which researchers have found ...

“Gentle parenting” is a new parenting approach ... It contrasts with “old school” parenting (typically labeled as authoritarian), which relies on control and punishment.

It’s almost inevitable: if you’re around other people discussing their feelings about different types of parenting, someone will bring up ‘gentle parenting’ and misrepresent it entirely.

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Gentle parenting is a clear trend ... either a version that's authoritarian, where adults speak firmly and children immediately fall in line, and one that's the complete opposite, where kids ...