What If Parenting Trends Are Hurting Your Parental Relationship More Than Helping?

Educated Parent: Evidence-Based Parenting Tips to Solve Everyday Parenting Problems

What if the very parenting trends you’re following to help your child are quietly making your parental relationship harder? In this episode, I unpack the viral tension between “f around and find out parenting” and gentle parenting, and share what truly works when we focus on evidence-based parenting that builds trust, connection, and calm in our homes.

As both a psychologist and a parent, I’ve seen how easily we can lose ourselves in labels and online advice. That’s why I’m breaking down the real framework behind effective evidence-based parenting, how it changes the way we think about teaching kids boundaries, and why your parental relationship deserves more than another trendy parenting label.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why so many modern parenting trends confuse warmth with permissiveness, and what to do instead
• The biggest mistake parents make when applying f around and find out parenting (and how it can quietly damage your parental relationship)
• How evidence-based parenting helps you feel confident in teaching kids boundaries, even when emotions run high
• A practical way to balance warmth, limits, and self-regulation so your parental relationship actually strengthens over time
• What to focus on when you’re overwhelmed by conflicting parenting trends, and how to return to what really matters

If you’re ready to stop chasing the latest parenting trends and start using evidence-based parenting that helps you feel grounded, connected, and capable in teaching kids boundaries, this episode will help you reset and reconnect with your core values as a parent.

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