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Gentle parenting can be really hard on parents, new research suggests (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Is it good for kids? Equally important: Is it good for parents? In my opinion, the well-being of one’s children, who one brought into this world without their consent, will always come first.

One interesting thing in this space is that parental well being often leads to better child outcomes, so it's important not to ignore the impact on parents.

Though the article does have pretty loose definitions on "gentle parenting" (since they asked participants for their definitions), so hard to say where the line is.

And a bit of a tangent but the research also wasn't trying to look into whether gentle parenting is hard on parents (they said it was information given un-prompted), so there isn't a comparison against the alternative. Maybe all parenting is hard on parents?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Maybe all parenting is hard on parents?

That's pretty much it. None of the parents' complaints seemed to have anything at all to do with their parenting style. Kids are crazy. It's exhausting. Spanking and yelling won't make it any less exhausting.