Today Boy Girl Mom & Dad chats with Emma Porter, LPC on what gentle parenting is and isn’t. Tune in for real-life, applicable examples of parenting gently and why you should consider this form of intentional, authoritative parenting.   Use discount code BGMAD for 15% off your first Lunya purchase. https://lunya.co/discount/ELLEMULENOS?utm_campaign=aspirevips&utm_medium=ambassador&utm_source=Upfluence   Boy Girl Mom and Dad uses affiliate links. By clicking on certain hyperlinks and/or buying a product, you may help us make a small commission off your purchase. It's links like this that help keep us going. Thank you for your support!   Emma Porter: @InCaseYouWantToGrowToday https://www.instagram.com/incaseyouwanttogrowtoday/ Email Emma at InCaseYouWantToGrowToday@gmail.com The Princess Bride Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9MS2y2YU_o Types of Parenting Styles:  https://www.verywellfamily.com/types-of-parenting-styles-1095045 The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith: https://bit.ly/49K4SR4 Episode 31 What’s My Child’s Love Language: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7404QCGWWsewXSqpKPJLRY Episode 10 Do Mom Friends Exist IRL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ucrXHj0JY1NrEPip3biTo Become a More Authoritative Parent: https://www.verywellfamily.com/ways-to-become-a-more-authoritative-parent-4136329 3 Styles of Authoritative Parenting: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8go7UTx/ What do doctors say about Gentle Parenting: https://healthnews.com/family-health/family-relations/gentle-parenting-trend-what-do-psychologists-say/ Angelica Shiels on attunement: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8pA96JA/  @highimpactparenting https://www.facebook.com/reel/897281678705689?fs=e&mibextid=0NULKw&fs=e&s=TIeQ9V   Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by: Lindsay C. Gibson: https://bit.ly/3uV6uc7 @nurteredfirst firm and loving boundaries you can use your hands to do this- https://www.instagram.com/p/C2oJa1bAy4U/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==  @the_indomitable_blackman on gentle parenting, say what you SHOULD be doing, not what you shouldn’t be doing. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8gcuHFy/ @confessions and confetti - we do not yell in this household, I need you to try again https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0QE6Q_N8G-/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ== Tell you the feeling / don’t have to fix it — Dr. Aliza Pressman https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2dQYkQPRC8/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==  Boundaries with Dr. Siggi https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2iDKUovjUc/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ== It's Not About the Nail video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg&ab_channel=JasonHeadley  Handling multiple melt downs @biglittlefeelings: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2-J1JkL82l/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ== Emma Porter on Circle of Security: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkndHyAvRB2/ Slumberkins Hammerhead Shark: https://bit.ly/42ysFRu Slumberkins Alpaca: https://bit.ly/49l9rB8 Lunya saved my sister’s life: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzROlRRrmE0/ Boy Mom Culture vs Girl Mom Culture: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f0WKo844LNty2I5paR4mq Fake Doctors Real Friends Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yBHJUyU3Z8umSnOu1nz5r Still Face Experiment: https://www.gottman.com/blog/research-still-face-experiment/ “Mental torture vs physical torture” sentence TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8gvDbos/ Spanking - https://www.instagram.com/p/C3YjCVvg3O1/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ== The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax, MD, PhD: https://amzn.to/3OHYG4W Dr. Becky Kennedy's Book Good Inside: https://amzn.to/3omB4Yf 5 Principles of Parenting by Dr. Aliza Pressman : https://bit.ly/3UGQN2x The Worry Free Parent by Sissy Goff LPC-MHSP: https://amzn.to/47AGdx4 Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE: https://amzn.to/3tToLWz Expecting Better by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3MwbYAm Cribsheet by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3KpKzNI  The Family Firm by Emily Oster: https://amzn.to/3KLwV96 It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn: https://bit.ly/3UXx2E2 The Wh