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

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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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Enjoy via Podbean below or watch us interact via the YouTube video that is linked below as well.

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Links mentioned during the episode:

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• Emma Porter: @InCaseYouWantToGrowToday

• Email Emma at InCaseYouWantToGrowToday@gmail.com

• The Princess Bride Clip

• Types of Parenting Styles

• The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

• Episode 31 What’s My Child’s Love Language

• Episode 10 Do Mom Friends Exist IRL

• Become a More Authoritative Parent

• 3 Styles of Authoritative Parenting

• What do doctors say about Gentle Parenting

• Angelica Shiels on attunement

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by: Lindsay C. Gibson

•  @highimpactparenting

• @nurteredfirst

•  @the_indomitable_blackman

• @confessionsandconfetti

• Dr. Aliza Pressman Interview

• Boundaries with Dr. Siggi

• It's Not About the Nail video

• Handling multiple melt downs with @biglittlefeelings

• Emma Porter on Circle of Security

• Slumberkins Hammerhead Shark

• Slumberkins Alpaca

• Lunya saved my sister’s life

• Episode12: Boy Mom Culture vs Girl Mom Culture

• Fake Doctors Real Friends Podcast

• Still Face Experiment

• “Mental torture vs physical torture”

• Thoughts on Spanking

• The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax, MD, PhD

• Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

• 5 Principles of Parenting by Dr. Aliza Pressman

• The Worry Free Parent by Sissy Goff LPC-MHSP

• Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE

• Expecting Better by Emily Oster

• Cribsheet by Emily Oster

• The Family Firm by Emily Oster

• It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn

• The Whole Brained Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson

• No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson

  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

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