Gentle Parenting vs Permissive Parenting 👶

How can positive discipline help your toddler?

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[-themightymittens-]

Gentle parenting is simply treating a child like a human being from what I've heard

[FrogAndToasts]

“Gentle parenting is just parenting without abuse” is a quote I heard

[BankruptMonkey]

Gentle parenting is like Mr Rogers. Permissive parenting is letting the kid do whatever they want and there are no rules.

[jennifers]

This is a very clear, description of what gentle parenting is. So many people don’t understand that there are boundaries and consequences with this method.

[silversleeper]

I just think of it as treating your child like a human person rather than expecting them to be perfect all the time and punishing them when they aren’t. I’ve found usually “misbehaviour” is the child being unable to communicate their needs and therefore using the only tool they have (“I want attention so I’m going to break this” “I’m exhausted so I don’t have the ability to make myself and my emotions cooperate right now”) or simply being too young to understand natural consequences that cause adults to act how they do (“Why do I have to come inside when I’m having fun? Frostbite? That can’t possibly be a real word…”)

And look, there are going to be exceptions to that rule, but no kid is born being bad

[quirkyblackenby]

I’m gonna start calling it respectful parenting (that’s another common name for it) because it’s really about respecting your child and treating them like a person

[trashpanda]

My mother basically gentle parented me and my siblings. She'd always explain why we weren't allowed to do stuff, or why the rules where there. And if we fought she'd make us reconcile after hearing both stories individually and then explain the situation to us.

[LookinGoodAnya]

I'm so happy that there's knowledge and acceptance of different parenting styles. In previous generations they didn't have phrases for these concepts but over time we've been able to basically write to parenting manual we all wish came along with becoming a parent lol

[Kotapises]

It's about:
You make a mess? Let's clean it up.
Instead of:
You made a mess? I'm gonna yell at you and now you won't get to play your game.

[lys]

I absolutely advocate for gentle parenting! I work with kids and have seen the benefits of gentle parenting on children. However one thing I struggle to know is how to deal with kids wanting to play with me and push the boundary of how long we play together. I like to be able to give each kid my time but when I need to go to do something else I try to divert them to play with the teddies instead but I feel bad for that because I don’t want the child to feel like I’m not interested spending time in them anymore and trying to push them off with distractions. If anyone has any advice for dealing with this kind of scenario it would be much appreciated!

[Fifl]

Gentle parenting is not getting pissed off at a child for being a child

[peritapugnandi]

Oh, so my parents used gentle parenting. Never heard a name for it. Workes well for us as family 😊 I always knew there is a good reason for my parents to say, do or want from me something. They always explained why it was good to do so

[Sauvium]

I use gentle parenting techniques on adults that I work with in the school system. You’d be surprised how well they work on Principals and parents.

[gesugaoevilface]

But if I don't strike the fear of God into my child's heart. How are they gonna know when to lie to authority figures as a survival tactic? Thanks for your lovely advice but we are a house of fear and shame. /j

[Shetooktothewoods]

Gentle parenting is not un-parenting and just letting your children be feral. I wish people would get that.

[AleksandarVukomanovic]

My aunt uses gentle parenting and its SOOOO refreshing not having someone yell at me 24/7 over a small water spill. Which is why i always listen to her!

[PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Excellent explanation, Jessica! I have learned so much from you about parenting well!

[RealTrueguy]

I remembered this clearly in psychology class. Permissive parenting is low expectations and high emotional responsiveness, and there is authoritative parenting or “gentle parenting”, which is high expectations and high emotional responsiveness, and I remembered it was more democratic in how rules are decided.

[kellyntaylor]

Gentle Parenting = Mr. Rogers
Permissive Parenting = Regina George

[logo]

Thank you for this video. So many people don’t understand this and I actually believe this is how everyone should parent ❤