34 | Gentle Parenting Isn’t What You Think It Is

Today Boy Girl Mom & Dad chats with Emma Porter, LPC on what gentle parenting is and isn’t. Tune in for real-life, applicable examples of parenting gently and why you should consider this form of intentional, authoritative parenting.

 

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Emma Porter: @InCaseYouWantToGrowToday https://www.instagram.com/incaseyouwanttogrowtoday/

Email Emma at InCaseYouWantToGrowToday@gmail.com

The Princess Bride Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9MS2y2YU_o

Types of Parenting Styles:  https://www.verywellfamily.com/types-of-parenting-styles-1095045

The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith: https://bit.ly/49K4SR4

Episode 31 What’s My Child’s Love Language: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7404QCGWWsewXSqpKPJLRY

Episode 10 Do Mom Friends Exist IRL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ucrXHj0JY1NrEPip3biTo

Become a More Authoritative Parent: https://www.verywellfamily.com/ways-to-become-a-more-authoritative-parent-4136329

3 Styles of Authoritative Parenting: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8go7UTx/

What do doctors say about Gentle Parenting: https://healthnews.com/family-health/family-relations/gentle-parenting-trend-what-do-psychologists-say/

Angelica Shiels on attunement: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8pA96JA/

 @highimpactparenting https://www.facebook.com/reel/897281678705689?fs=e&mibextid=0NULKw&fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

 

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by: Lindsay C. Gibson: https://bit.ly/3uV6uc7

@nurteredfirst firm and loving boundaries you can use your hands to do this- https://www.instagram.com/p/C2oJa1bAy4U/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==

 @the_indomitable_blackman on gentle parenting, say what you SHOULD be doing, not what you shouldn’t be doing. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8gcuHFy/

@confessions and confetti - we do not yell in this household, I need you to try again

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0QE6Q_N8G-/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==

Tell you the feeling / don’t have to fix it — Dr. Aliza Pressman https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2dQYkQPRC8/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ== 

Boundaries with Dr. Siggi https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2iDKUovjUc/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==

It's Not About the Nail video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg&ab_channel=JasonHeadley 

Handling multiple melt downs @biglittlefeelings: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2-J1JkL82l/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==

Emma Porter on Circle of Security: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkndHyAvRB2/

Slumberkins Hammerhead Shark: https://bit.ly/42ysFRu

Slumberkins Alpaca: https://bit.ly/49l9rB8

Lunya saved my sister’s life: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzROlRRrmE0/

Boy Mom Culture vs Girl Mom Culture: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f0WKo844LNty2I5paR4mq

Fake Doctors Real Friends Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yBHJUyU3Z8umSnOu1nz5r

Still Face Experiment: https://www.gottman.com/blog/research-still-face-experiment/

“Mental torture vs physical torture” sentence TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8gvDbos/

Spanking - https://www.instagram.com/p/C3YjCVvg3O1/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==

The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax, MD, PhD: https://amzn.to/3OHYG4W

Dr. Becky Kennedy's Book Good Inside: https://amzn.to/3omB4Yf

5 Principles of Parenting by Dr. Aliza Pressman : https://bit.ly/3UGQN2x

The Worry Free Parent by Sissy Goff LPC-MHSP: https://amzn.to/47AGdx4

Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE: https://amzn.to/3tToLWz

Expecting Better by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3MwbYAm

Cribsheet by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3KpKzNI 

The Family Firm by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3KLwV96

It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn: https://bit.ly/3UXx2E2

The Whole Brained Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson: https://bit.ly/3wuMtJV

No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson: https://bit.ly/3TcWcgH

 

00:00:54 - Intro

00:02:20 - Ep 33 Maintenance

00:10:23 - Why this topic?

00:11:34 - The Four Types of Parenting

00:13:31 - What is Gentle Parenting?

00:21:44 - Only 30% of the time?!

00:35:11 - It's Never Too Late to Fix It

00:37:50 - Be Curious

00:43:08 - Be the Strong Emotional Parent

00:49:22 - Commercial - Lunya

00:50:57 - Real life Examples of Gentle Parenting

00:58:24 - Boundaries are NOT Questions

01:11:32 - Circle of Security

01:24:25 - Gentle or Permissive Discipline

01:44:10 - Conclusion