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  1. Create a "Quiet Time Basket" for the Family 🧺 Fill a basket with books, coloring pages, and quiet toys. Bring it out when everyone needs a calm moment together.

    👉 Explore our Practical Tips - brightpathprints.com/blog

    #ScreenFreeCalm #FamilyCalm #GentleParenting #BrightPathPrints

  2. Create a "Quiet Time Basket" for the Family 🧺 Fill a basket with books, coloring pages, and quiet toys. Bring it out when everyone needs a calm moment together.

    👉 Explore our Practical Tips - brightpathprints.com/blog

    #ScreenFreeCalm #FamilyCalm #GentleParenting #BrightPathPrints

  3. How to Handle Hard School Goodbyes 🌿
    The extra-tight hug. The "please don't go." 💛 If drop-off has been hard lately, here are a few gentle ways to make the goodbye softer — for both of you. Big feelings are always allowed. 🌿

    Save this for tomorrow morning, and share it with a parent whose little one is starting school this week.

    👉 brightpathprints.com/blog/sepa.

    #separationanxiety #dropoff #backtoschool2026 #firstdayofschool #gentleparenting #bigfeelings #preschoolmom #toddlermom #parentingtips

  4. How to Handle Hard School Goodbyes 🌿
    The extra-tight hug. The "please don't go." 💛 If drop-off has been hard lately, here are a few gentle ways to make the goodbye softer — for both of you. Big feelings are always allowed. 🌿

    Save this for tomorrow morning, and share it with a parent whose little one is starting school this week.

    👉 brightpathprints.com/blog/sepa.

    #separationanxiety #dropoff #backtoschool2026 #firstdayofschool #gentleparenting #bigfeelings #preschoolmom #toddlermom #parentingtips

  5. When a child suddenly hates school, the reason may be connected to a change, learning frustration, overwhelming mornings, friendship concerns, or not feeling emotionally safe. These four questions can help parents listen more carefully before assuming defiance. Read the full guide at GentleMinds.

    #SchoolAnxiety #SchoolRefusal #ParentingTips #ChildEmotions #GentleParenting

  6. DATE: August 9, 2026 at 06:00AM
    SOURCE:
    NEW YORK TIMES PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGISTS FEED

    TITLE: Is ‘Gentle Parenting’ Ruining French Children?

    URL: nytimes.com/2026/08/09/podcast

    The importing of American-style “positive parenting” has sparked a fierce debate about the best way to raise kids in France.

    URL: nytimes.com/2026/08/09/podcast

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    #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #GentleParenting #PositiveParenting #FrenchParents #France parenting? #FrenchChildren #FrenchCulture #ParentingDebate #ChildRaising #AmericanInfluence #ParentingStyles

  7. "To defuse the growing tantrum, which was drawing stares from employees and other moms, I caved. I bought the toy. Crisis averted. But I knew another was coming, if not that day or the next, then soon." —Kayla Huszar for Maclean's

    macleans.ca/longforms/my-misad

    #Parenting #GentleParenting #Children

  8. Your parenting style does more than set the rules. It shapes your child’s world 💛
    The way you respond to emotions, set boundaries and guide choices leaves lasting marks on your child’s confidence, relationships and sense of self.
    🧠 Read how different parenting styles influence development: zurl.co/y5bBt

    #BabyYumYum #BYY #ParentingStyles #ChildDevelopment #ConsciousParenting #EmotionalHealth #ParentingSupport #GentleParenting #RealParenting #RaisingConfidentKids

  9. ICYMI: Among common forms of discipline, only reasoning with a child is associated with positive behavioral outcomes, according to a new analysis by Kaitlin Paxton Ward & colleagues from the Univ. of Michigan & Univ. of Nevada

    Read the findings from a study across 60 countries:
    prb.org/articles/is-your-child

    #Parenting #GentleParenting #Discipline #Children #ChildDevelopment #ChildPsychology #Health #Education @edutooters @pediatrics

  10. Among common forms of discipline, only reasoning with a child is associated with positive behavioral outcomes, according to a new analysis by Kaitlin Paxton Ward & colleagues from the Univ. of Michigan & Univ. of Nevada

    Read the findings from a study across 60 countries:

    prb.org/articles/is-your-child

    #Parenting #Children #ChildBehavior #ChildPsychology #Health #PublicHealth #Education #ChildDevelopment #GentleParenting #ConsciousParenting

  11. A @UM_PSC study of parental discipline behaviors across 60 countries finds that use of physical and psychological aggression is harmful for children’s development.

    Among non-aggressive discipline methods, only reasoning with a child is associated with positive socio-emotional outcomes; giving a child something else to do appears to be neutral, and taking away a child’s privileges disadvantageous.

    Details
    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/379036

    #Parenting #Children #Family #ConsciousParenting #GentleParenting