'Tell your kid, 'No': Teachers push back on gentle parenting

'Tell your kid, 'No': Teachers push back on gentle parenting

Could your parenting style be the reason teachers are throwing in the towel? We’ve discussed the pushback against “gentle parenting” among parents and experts before, but now teachers are speaking out about this approach. Emmy, a kindergarten teacher, had this message for parents on TikTok: “Tell your kid ‘no.’ OK, tell your child ‘no.’ Tell them ‘no’ as a complete sentence, and do not teach them that telling them ‘no’ invites them to argue with…