I sank further down into my kid-sized seat as my brain scrambled to give a valid reason for my son’s stress. Instead of words ...

Gentle parenting seems ... acknowledging the emotions of the child. Emotional awareness isn’t just understanding our own feelings and motivations, but also being aware of the way our actions ...

When we prioritize our child’s momentary happiness over their long-term resilience, we aren’t being gentle—we’re being avoidant. We can even gaslight ourselves into believing we’re ...

A little slice of serenity where parents talked, children listened, and boundaries were set as tenderly as rocking a baby ... child’s earlobe isn’t optimal. And, God forbid you ever invite a ...

"That's baby sign language ... Her 2016 book, "The Gentle Parenting Book," introduces the method as one that "embraces the needs of parent and child, while being mindful of current science and ...

But child psychologists say they’re seeing a shift in children and their emotional intelligence that seems to suggest gentle parenting might be working. “As a generation, the younger kids are ...

and stopped gentle parenting. As a millennial mom, I've always had this fantasy of raising my child as my friend — being the "cool mom" was absolutely my dream. I was so afraid of traumatizing ...