Reddit mom admits to feeling ‘hugely triggered’ by her own child as she tries ‘gentle parenting’
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A mom posted on Reddit's parenting subreddit that she's becoming "triggered" by her own child while using the "gentle parenting" model. Experts revealed the importance of discipline.
"I was not raised by gentle parents and I knew I needed to do better for my kids, so I really latched onto the gentle parenting philosophy," a Reddit user known as "mamaearthdumpling" wrote in the parenting subreddit in a post titled, "Gentle parenting burnout." "I’ve resorted to raising my voice more often than I like and threatening [a] loss of privileges." "I was a raging mess — and I tried every parenting system under the sun to fix it." "Behaviors such as screaming, whining or demanding are not behaviors that need to be tolerated to be in line with gentle parenting." "I would encourage the mother to consider therapy for herself and/or her family …" "Gentle parenting means kind parenting — not powerless parenting." Deirdre Reilly is a senior editor in lifestyle with Fox News Digital.
The post continued, "I’m now four years into it and I feel so burnt out after four years of validating emotions and being an emotional punching bag for my kid …"