Do you want to nurture your children even in the difficult moments? Are time outs and punishments not working for you? There is a better way! Parenting Gently can give you practical ideas for discipline that helps you grow closer with your kids. Ask your question here! This is a community of mothers (and fathers!) aiding each other in the parenting journey!
Hello Gentle Parents! I know it has been a while and I hope you are all doing fantastically with your happy families. I’ve had a year of ups and downs but one of the ups has been working with Everyday Feminism. Now I’m getting ready to launch a parenting class through Everyday Feminism called Transformative [...]
My kids ares ages 6, 4, and 2. We are an attachment parenting family and I have a very close, connected relationship with all my children. Sometimes the kids get along in a beautiful, harmonious way – other times they are at war. My older two kids fight frequently – lots of hitting. This is [...]
If all my Facebook Friends and their networks are any indication, the world at large does not subscribe to the Gentle Discipline philosophy. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve cringed when I’ve seen a friend calling out for help with an “issue” they are having with their child only to get pretty “hard [...]
Welcome to carnival day 4! We hope you have read something that spoke to you and you are ready to try some new gentle techniques in your home. Today’s authors look at some specific situations that many parents face and give us a gentle approach to resolution. In “Parenting Gently through the Preschool Phase“, Attached Moms [...]
Welcome to Carnival Day #3! Did you check out day 1 and day 2′s wonderful posts? Now that you have a great basis for the principles of gentle parenting let’s look at one of the trickier parts of implementation. Punishment. Consequences. Regardless of how mainstream parents talk about it this is the “big scary” thing [...]
Parenting gently does not come naturally to me. Yes, I started the site and the carnival but that is passion not ease. Although I don’t consider my parents abusive they did parent punitively and I was spanked. I struggle often with yelling, controlling, and even wanting to spank. That is why the invigoration of the [...]
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