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Do we need to rename gentle parenting?

I was interviewed for this piece in the Independent yesterday. The UK’s education ‘behaviour Tsar’ Tom Bennett had told the Sunday Times that parents were to blame for current behaviour issues at school, specifically parents who were scared to discipline their children. This then resulted in an inevitable attack on gentle parenting, with many – including professionalsContinue reading “Do we need to rename gentle parenting?”

The top 12 Myths about Gentle Parenting

While there are many mistaken beliefs surrounding gentle parenting, the following twelve are by far the most common and it is incredibly likely you will run into them frequently if you share your plans to parent gently with others. Let’s do some myth-busting!