Trying to remain calm...but I do reach my limit sometimes
100 parents of children aged 2 to 7 in three US regions; 49 identified as gentle parents; abstract states 'it has received no empirical scrutiny'; uncertainty and burnout statements in over one-third of gentle parents; self-critical subset reported lower efficacy; limitations include a small, mostly White, highly educated sample, self-report only, no observational data, one time point; no child outcomes measured.
100 parents of children aged 2 to 7 in three US regions; 49 identified as gentle parents; abstract states 'it has received no empirical scrutiny'; uncertainty and burnout statements in over one-third of gentle parents; self-critical subset reported lower efficacy; limitations include a small, mostly White, highly educated sample, self-report only, no observational data, one time point; no child outcomes measured.
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: an exploration of the meaning of gentle parenting. PLOS ONE, 19(7), e0307492. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0307492. Full text read: 100 parents of children aged 2 to 7 in three US regions; 49 identified as gentle parents; abstract states 'it has received no empirical scrutiny'; uncertainty and burnout statements in over one-third of gentle parents; self-critical subset reported lower efficacy; limitations include a small, mostly White, highly educated sample, self-report only, no observational data, one time point; no child outcomes measured.