Is ‘gentle parenting’ really the better way?

The concept of “gentle parenting” has become more and more popular in recent years. It’s the practice of moving away from the more traditional discipline-oriented style known as “authoritative parenting,” but what exactly does that entail and does it work?

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[flowerdoyle]

The lack of Boundaries in children today is Obvious. It's turned too many into feral, disrespectful, antisocial creatures. A Giant Thank You to the Parents that Do Parent!

[memesahoy]

Hasnt parenting always been stressful? Isn’t there also other factors to stresses to parents today? Social media, screens

[coreyfro]

I like how this entire report said nothing about the result for the children... Just that parents were stressed.... Rocket science, I am telling you, these guys are GENIUSES. And SAN didn't bother to dig any deeper, either. LAAAAME.

[ThreePedalCollective]

Next scientists will ask "is the sky blue?" Kids need discipline, end of story... but also discipline is not the same thing as abuse.