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Positive, mindful, conscious and gentle parenting. It’s important that we respond to our babes behavior and emotions the best way we can. Share your tips, experiences, struggles, concerns etc.

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Is divorce over smacking extreme?

We have a 4 year old and have always done gentle parenting but as she has got older and become more boisterous she's started hitting. I do the standard gentle parenting stuff but my husband has decided he's had enough of it and started hitting back. I'll be clear he does not beat her and never smacks hard enough to ...

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Tantrums

Oh my gosh my little ones tantrums are insane at the moment. I feel like whatever I do it’s going to result in a meltdown. I try and stay calm and offer a hug once she’s cooled down but it’s the screaming 😱 We went swimming yesterday and follow the lesson but she screams because she doesn’t want to be held - s...

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How do you self regulate your emotions

Honestly how do you do it? Context I have adhd and autism but wasn’t diagnosed until adulthood and was never taught any techniques to regulate my emotions. I now have two small children 3&5 and I’m trying so hard to be a calm, reasonable parent. I don’t hit or isolate my children but when I am deregulated I shout a ...

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Exclusive kids at the indoor playground

Being a parent is so tough when you see your kiddo’s heart being hurt. Today I took my 2.5 year old toddler to an indoor playground. She had an absolute blast for most of the visit! But towards the end of our time an unfortunate situation developed. In the playground there was an alcove area more set up for toddlers...

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Baby girl name

Hi! We want to name our coming daughter Milia. Does that shock you as/if English native? We live in the UK but English isn’t our mother tongue, when I googled “Milia” I found out that it was a skin disease, we don’t have problem with that tbh but we are wondering if it’s a well known disease and if when English n...

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