Ask the Expert Series: Gentle and Positive Parenting During COVID-19! 👩🏻‍⚕️

Gentle parenting comprise of 4 main elements: empathy, respect, understanding, and boundaries.We can try the following:1. empathy: be aware and considerate of child's feelings. understand root cause of child's misbehaviour e.g. sign of distress, anxiety 2. respect: Let's respect the child's unique feelings and personality. When we respect our children our children will learn to respect us. We do not command respect through fear or power. 3. understanding: We shoulhave appropriate expectations towards child, based on their development. Not all children have the same emotion regulation skills, abstract thinking skills etc. hence we should try and understand how our behavior impacts children4. boundaries: Gentle parenting also encourages discipline. gentle discipline is age appropriate (consider brain development), positive, respectful, empathetic and intelligent. teach qualities parents want children to have in life. Do set boundaries and limits to things that really matter, constantly e