Gentle Parenting Disaster: Why Modern Parents Feel Burned-Out, Stressed, and Ready to Snap

Why Gentle Parenting Creates More Issues than it Solves You might think that by writing an article with the title, “Gentle Parenting Disaster: Why Modern Parents Feel Burned-Out, Stressed, and Ready to Snap,” I’m indulging in hyperbole, but it’s something I’m seeing a lot and it’s on the increase. You’ve probably seen her: the mom […]
Gentle Parenting Hasn’t Worked, So Now What?

Perhaps you’re trying to negotiate your way through your child’s third tantrum of the day, but in the face of it, all your calm negotiation skills and empathy just disappear, exhaustion swamps you, and suddenly a thought crosses your mind that, until now, you’ve been able to quash. Things aren’t working! Perhaps you say to […]
Bad Parenting Advice: Houston We Have a Problem!

When Jack Swigert said, “Houston, we have a problem!” it was concerning the Apollo 13 moon landing, and it was because he saw a major issue on the horizon. I say it for the same reason. In my case, though, it means alerting readers to some awful parenting advice out there that, more than likely, […]