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The Middle Way: Gentle Enough for Feelings, Tough Enough for Tantrums
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The Middle Way: Gentle Enough for Feelings, Tough Enough for Tantrums

The trouble with fad parenting styles.

Michael Reneau and Megan Dent dive into gentle parenting, examining its focus on developing children’s emotional intelligence and parent-child partnerships, while addressing critiques of the method, including whether it neglects behavioral boundaries.

Show Notes:
—Read Megan’s recent Dispatch Faith essay on gentle parenting

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Michael Reneau is a managing editor at The Dispatch and is based in Greeneville, Tennessee. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he was editor of WORLD Magazine and for several years was editor of a daily newspaper in East Tennessee. When Michael isn’t editing, he stays plenty busy with his wife and four kids.

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