Is Gentle Parenting Too... Gentle?

This Glorious Mess

Were you smacked as a child? You’re not alone - most Millennials and Gen X were. In fact, corporal punishment in schools wasn't banned until the mid-nineties!

This week, Tegan and Annaliese dive into how they were disciplined as kids and how those experiences have influenced their parenting styles. With gentle parenting all the rage (pun intended), has the over correction from tough love gone too far?

Plus we hear from Sarah Marie Fahd and her very honest approach to “woo woo” parenting.

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CREDITS:

Host: Tegan Natoli, Annaliese Todd & Sarah Marie Fahd

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

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