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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there something called intuitive parenting, where you don’t read books or blogs, and just set limits for your kids, tell them no when need be, and generally show them you care about them? I don’t care if people do time outs or sticker charts, or not, but I don’t understand feeling like you need to rigidly adhere to some “type” of parenting. [/quote]
As long as you are consistent from your child's POV. That's the challenge many parents have IMO and hence they turn to these self-help books to help them navigate. [/quote]

Yep— by my own admission my intuition stinks and the result of my uncertainty can be inconsistency.  So— I’ve looked for overarching principles or rules for myself.  Some have come from reading about authoritative parenting and some from me just deciding what I think is not ok and what seems like a logical consequence.  I actually write down these rules so I can be consistent.  I tried gentle parenting until my first was  almost 5.  He was a brat and I was angry and exhausted. I was gentle until I’d explode at DH or sometimes my son.  I’d say we are still recovering from it 5 years later.[/quote]

Don't be so hard on yourself.  My mom calls the firstborn the starter child where parents learn how to do everything. The next ones are easier after you figure things out.[/quote]

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