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Is modern parenting too soft compared to the past?

For

Too much leniency leads to entitlement and lack of discipline.

Against

Understanding and empathy raise more confident and open children.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • they can say whatever flies out of their mouth with basically no consequences.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Sometimes natural consequences don’t work, and a time out is needed to stop the behavior.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Gentle parenting has been around for years.. it’s just being misconstrued with permissive parenting
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Gentle parenting should provide a model for children, one that shows them what respectful treatment looks like.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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