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<div>Originally Posted by <strong>julianito</strong> <a href="/community/forum/post/13064441"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a></div>
<div style="font-style:italic;">I don't believe we are babying him, and we are OK with him being upset. What she calls babying is listening when he's upset, emotionally coaching him through it, and not just telling him, "too bad, get over it.</div>
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I've experienced this attitude, too, from people who are unfamilar with the tenets and reasons for gentle discipline and attachment parenting.<br><br>
In particular, it has come from people who are often older, less sensitive, and not very reflective about their own parenting styles back in the say.<br><br>
I'm not one to coddle, but "babying" a baby to me is just fine. They are, after all, a baby!<br><br>
Even with toddlers and young children, they need sensitive and gentle attention to grow and learn and eventually self-sooth.<br><br>
I know people who leave their child crying...I would never do that...to me it's ok to baby a baby. Just like some believe in crying it out...GD generally does not.
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<div>Originally Posted by <strong>julianito</strong> <a href="/community/forum/post/13064441"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a></div>
<div style="font-style:italic;">I don't believe we are babying him, and we are OK with him being upset. What she calls babying is listening when he's upset, emotionally coaching him through it, and not just telling him, "too bad, get over it.</div>
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I've experienced this attitude, too, from people who are unfamilar with the tenets and reasons for gentle discipline and attachment parenting.<br><br>
In particular, it has come from people who are often older, less sensitive, and not very reflective about their own parenting styles back in the say.<br><br>
I'm not one to coddle, but "babying" a baby to me is just fine. They are, after all, a baby!<br><br>
Even with toddlers and young children, they need sensitive and gentle attention to grow and learn and eventually self-sooth.<br><br>
I know people who leave their child crying...I would never do that...to me it's ok to baby a baby. Just like some believe in crying it out...GD generally does not.