Re: Parenting gently as Christians
I think of gentle parenting as modeling what a real life looks life: grace, mercy, natural consequences, love, disappointment, handling that disappointment with kindness, etc.
I'm so thankful I have a five year old because I get to do it again with her.
Gentle parenting means acknowleding that parenting each child is different. What works for the heart of one may not work for the heart of the others.
And sleep. Honoring needs. In my first round, I underestimated how important it is to pay attention to the child's needs for sleep and downtown and home time *and* nursing and eating.
Gentle parenting means knowing each season is just that: a season. Pruning is an important part of parenting.
Gentle parenting extends to friends. It means not engaging my IRL friends with their choices unless they ask or the opportunity arises in natural conversation.
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