[MegMarch]

Here, perhaps this will cheer you, MoS
I got to tell a teen church nursery volunteer about gentle parenting yesterday. We were visiting the in-law's church and I took DD to the nursery to play. While visiting with the volunteer, she mentioned that she didn't know how she could be a mom because she couldn't imagine spanking a child since it bothered her so much to even discipline in babysitting scenarios. I told her that we don't spank or do other punishments and talked about what we do (try again, role playing, taking breaks, etc) and how I felt like that was closer to how God deals with us. The message in service was the one about the two brothers and the vineyard and which obeyed the father. The volunteer said she'd never heard of that idea before and that it was brilliant. So it was kind of neat to be able to share with her some of what I learned from mamas here