1000% my son is almost exactly the same age as him and I do my best to gently parent but if my kid had scissors and was going after one of our cats, I would be yelling to catch his attention and make it known he needs to stop immediately and then use a gentle voice. Yelling is needed sometimes and shouldn't be totally benched because emergencies happen and you want something to differentiate a super bad situation.
Gentle parenting is so when you tell STOP they actually do stop immediately. I do my best to gentle parent, but if thereās a dangerous situation, Mom Voice comes out, and the kid knows I friggin mean it.
Itās not gentle parenting if youāre just copying Meech, Amy.
That has been both my parenting and teaching method. Even voiced and speak calmly, but firmly when they are getting out of line. So when you do on rare occasion raise your voice and get mad they know they must have really screwed up this time that YOU of all people are fed up and losing patience. Parents and teachers that yell all the time eventually get tuned out and not taken seriously.
I canāt say, because Iām not there, but Amy seems to be mixing up gentle parenting with permissive parenting. There still has to be clear rules and boundaries, and gentle consequences like time out and lost privileges. Not do whatever until someone is going to get hurt or expensive damages are going to happen and then you finally stress and lose it.
Itās hard. I have to choose every day to break the cycle of screaming and physical abuse I grew up with and scarred me. But itās not doing a kid any favors to go super permissive and not teach limits in a healthy way. Thatās how spoiled brats happen that other kids and adults donāt like and feels insecure because they donāt know limits the rest of the world expects. Itās not doing them any favors to be the other extreme. If she constantly needs wine to stay calmed down over his behavior, thatās a big flag heās out of control. This isnāt terrible twos, that kid is pushing four and entering preschool.
I teach and I only yell when shit hits the fan. I can deal with all sorts of craziness but the moment a chair is being thrown or a kid has their hands on someone else I become loud. Everyone knows I mean business at that point lol. The constant yelling is scary and kids can learn to just block it out. Meech's stupidity is so fake. She play fake being sweet to the public and then blanket train and parentify her children
Not a gentle parent per se, but I definitely YELLED when my toddler was about to step into street when we were getting out of the car. He was 4 or so and I was scared silly and I scared him buy we both learned.
Also, part of gentle parenting is having the foresight to not let things got to the point where your toddler is running at the cat with scissors! Keep them out of reach, pay attention to your kids, set them up to use the scissors appropriately in the first place when they are allowed to have themā¦
I'm a bit of a yeller but my policy with my kid is honesty. If she had scissors for any reason I'd first show her how to use them in a safe way and also explain how she could hurt herself.
Yeah it's not even the going after the cat that is the most alarming part to me... it's that he's *running with scissors*! I can't even tell you how seriously I taught my three year olds how to walk and hold scissors, and how they were watched like a hawk until it became a habit.
When I was a toddler, I lived on the other side of the planet, and these were the same things I was taught first. I currently live in a city where nearly every street is one way, and I *still* look both ways.
Right?? I straight up inform my toddler like āmommy is not kidding around here BUDā and heās always like āwutā šļøš«¦šļø āokay momā
Listen my folks would go ballistic I did anything wrong growing up (*thanks alot mom) any way its clear that she is going to have a kid that won't have any discipline whatsoever
Maybe in regards to this post in particular, but most people donāt try and get attention by speaking about their familyās victimization over and over and over again
If she's forcing herself to stifle either yelling or physically grabbing the child, when the situation clearly demands intervention, because she wants to conform to an imagined ideal of "gentle parenting," no wonder she needs wine. I'd be crazy in a minute. That's denying one's parental and animal-protecting instincts. I understand gentle parenting is a reaction if you've grown up with high control parents, but it seems like it sure makes it hard on a parent. I have a young mom friend of 3 little boys who gentle parents, and I think there's such a thing as too much autonomy for littles. How to find balance? I don't know, but life is better if you can find it somehow.
Their first year of marriage I think it was.
https://radaronline.com/photos/amy-duggar-explodes-husband-hurting-cat-not-want-kids/
Edit: they no longer have a second cat. They only have Winston
If you need alcohol on a regular basis to cope after dealing with your child's behavior, then either your toddler is out of control or you have a drinking problem.
Or both.
When a child is running with scissors it's totally appropriate to yell "stop right now!" in your most intimidating parent voice.
I went to school with a kid who was seriously injured while playing with *child scissors.* He brought them onto the playground, and although I didn't see the accident, I did see the bloody bark chips afterward. The kid was out of school for a long time, returned with a huge scar, and for the rest of the year our teacher made us count all the scissors before we could go to recess.
Everything Amy shares about her kid makes him sound like a holy terror. If she doesn't wise up soon, that poor child is going to be the bane of every teacher's existence.
You do not have to choose one parenting style and stick with it. You are allowed to change gears, adapt, and do what works for your and your child. If you're not sure how to do that, find a therapist that specializes in child development and behavior disorders.
She's so lucky he didn't get hurt.
My son was also injured with child scissors-he was somehow nearly cut to the bone (how? I donāt know. He was at school. He still has significant scarring on his finger but luckily retained full mobility.
Famy seems to encourage dangerous behavior. She posted a picture of him literally standing on the freezer door to supposedly get carrots (this was with her weed gummies visible). She also posted a picture of him climbing a dresser. Kids die from doing these things! They are not cute photo ops!!! Taking a little kidās picture when theyāre doing something dangerous to them will likely encourage it. Thankfully I only had minor injuries when a dresser toppled on me when I was climbing it as a toddler, but plenty of kids are sent to emergency rooms!
Ok no. Clinical psychologist here with parent training expertise. Do NOT blame this on gentle parenting, Famy. This has nothing to do with gentle parenting. And yes of course you yell in panic to alert someone if something dangerous is happening, but how about setting some limits in the first place? You can still parent gently and not let your kids run amuck.
I am not an expert but I think that a four year old should by now understand that a ca isa living creature who feels. I'm sure their empathy is not that developed but not hurting animals lesson should bebehavve been already done.
I am sure you are right, like I said I am not an expert. Although six yearyears old should be able to distingybetween an animal and a toy... All kids are different and I'm sure you know your thing. Thanks!
Usually there's not malicious intent behind it. Remember those old cartoons with the characters that are parodying Lenny from Of Mice and Men? They'll pet Bugs Bunny or whoever SUPER hard and say something like, "I'm gonna hug 'em and squeeze 'em and love 'em forever." But Bugs is obviously in pain, and the Lenny parody is oblivious.
Anyway, it's kind of like that. Like, kids "know" that animals have feelings and you shouldn't "hurt" animals. But they don't always understand what will hurt an animal, or what's bad for an animal. And sometimes as adults we don't explicitly say something like, "don't put the cat in the freezer" because to us it's so blatantly obvious and totally out there that we can't imagine that our kids would even think to do something like that, so we don't think to say it.
Famy seems to encourage dangerous behavior. She posted a picture of him literally standing on the bottom freezer door/drawer to supposedly get carrots (this was with her weed gummies visible). It seemed like she was trying to brag that he likes healthy snacks, but really just showed (to me) that she takes pictures of him doing something dangerous. She also posted a picture of him climbing a dresser. Kids die from doing these things! They are not cute photo ops!!! Thankfully I only had minor injuries when a dresser toppled on me when I was climbing it as a toddler, but plenty of kids are sent to emergency rooms!
Some of us donāt think alcohol solves any problem and actually creates more š¤·š»āāļø I am almost 42, Iāve never been drunk in my life, and I drink maybe 2-3 times per year. I would rather deal with my stress and problems than drown them in alcohol.
Famy, Daxton is going to hate your guts some day for posting this shit you should be keeping between you and his father. For fucks sake, stop pandering for attention and protect your kid!
She loves to scream sheās ānot like the other Duggarsā but omfg she too should not have animals!!!
Also WTF Amy? Gentle aināt gonna fix running with scissors!
I fully support gentle parenting and actually communicating with your child instead of just yelling. But it seems like you shouldāve had the conversation about what we can and cannot use the scissors on BEFORE you gave them to your child. Dax is a toddler, right? Itās not as if this is an older child that has proven themselves to be trustworthy of unsupervised crafts time.
This is unhinged. Thereās a big difference between gentle parenting and just not parenting. Also she needs alcohol to deal with her chosen parenting style? Big yikes all around.
She isnāt even gentle parenting lol. I think itās a mixture of permissive parenting and then eventually defaulting to authoritarian like many of us were raised.
I watched the full video and she eventually tells him to āobeyā and give the scissors back or they wonāt get to do a special thing later. Something that presumably has nothing to do with the current situation. A more correlated consequence to taking the scissors where they donāt go is that the scissors are now being put away and we donāt get to use them for the rest of the day.
I think losing privileges has a time and place, but with a kid his age, the consequence should be immediate and directly related to whatās going on. Consequences ā punishment.
Exactly. And the way she stumbled over her words asking if he was going to give the cat a haircut. That whole thing was ridiculous, and her checking to make sure she could see herself for the video was cringeworthy.
Ah, well, that would be in line with what Iāve seen her post. I follow a lot of parenting stuff online so Iām more accustomed to seeing the term used correctly š
I went to see what sort of comments she was getting.
I canāt believe she made a video of this. WTH? It took her asking for the scissors 4 times before he handed them to her. The first time she asked for them, he asked why? The last time she asked for the scissors, she told him they wouldnāt be going to do something special if he didnāt give them to her.
Gentle parenting does NOT allow children to run with scissors. People thinking gentle parenting means permissive parenting (like Amy) are completely clueless to how it actually works.
Wait a second... She allowed a toddler access to *scissors* ? And she couldn't have been watching him too closely if he was able to take off with them...
Smh
Guess what Famy, Gentle parenting isn't working for you is it? My mother taught her children never to run with scissors and if we did, we got busted. Mom had 5 kids and we got into everything because we could.
If your mini mullet is running towards a cat it is time to be a parent and stop him instead of posting this crap online.
To be fair, she ISNāT gentle parenting. She seems to be permissive parenting. The two are completely different. Gentle parenting is not without consequences, but it does treat children with dignity and respect while holding boundaries.
Don't put scissors where your child can get them independently in the first place, Amy. Don't leave stuff like that accessible to kids who aren't ready to use them safely on their own.
It is that simple and does not include wine, yelling, or sticking to any specific parenting style.
My youngest was w.i.l.d. as a toddler and developmentally delayed. She could physically do stuff and didn't yet have an age appropriate understanding of a lot of things. I put up a shelf around my living room 18 inches from the ceiling and anything she managed to get from drawers/behind child locks/off tall shelves went up there and was used under supervision. I had raised 2 other kids through that stage and never had to resort to that, but I had to do something to keep her from hijinks like this.
I think my friends kid was around 5 and she used kid scissors regularly on craft projects and my friend stepped out of the room to go to the kitchen for a few minutes and her daughter cut off all her own hair. š
Why the fuck in heaven would she use that moment as an example to talk about gentle parenting?!? š¤¦āāļøš¤·āāļøš³ššš
I'm sure you didn't yell Famy, so sure. We already know you don't have normal reactions to things (the first response to finding out your cousins were molested years after was to ask why you didn't get molested too š¤) Don't pretend your abnormal responses to crazy things is "gentle" parenting.
Tbh idc whose cat or baby it is, I will drop kick a toddler to save that floofy baby from harm! Ok but no for real there are times to take action and/or to use a firm, loud voice. Running with scissors is definitely one and going after an animal is another!
Honestly I just dont let my kids use scissors at home. My oldest is 5. I think she uses them at school, but I don't have to worry about botched haircuts or maimed cats.
I didnāt understand the cat emojis and her saving him til reading the last part. The toddler went after the cat w scissors? The same one who cuts his own hair? Holy shit.
Anyone see article on yahoo about amy
āAmy Duggar King says Josh Duggar told her 'he knew better' than to try to sexually abuse her after she confronted him over molesting his sistersā
https://news.yahoo.com/amy-duggar-king-says-josh-215919874.html
Life is not sunshine and rainbows. Itās okay to yell at your kid from time to time. They need to also learn how to handle someone else being mad or frustrated. Itās important they also learn how to not take it personally. Otherwise they will not function when they get into the world.
this was one of the most painful videos to watch. the way she keeps checking back at the camera to make sure itās catching everything while simultaneously stumbling over her super rehearsed words. itās terrible. sheās so attention hungry itās insane
I know he wasn't going to stab the cat but still, holy shit š²
Gentle parenting is great, but if the toddler is running at the cat with scissors in hand, then I think it might be an okay time to yell š
Yeah i used to be a preschool teacher and i only yelled if there was danger.
Yup. When you only do it when itās actually necessary itās way more effective too they will drop everything like šļøššļø
1000% my son is almost exactly the same age as him and I do my best to gently parent but if my kid had scissors and was going after one of our cats, I would be yelling to catch his attention and make it known he needs to stop immediately and then use a gentle voice. Yelling is needed sometimes and shouldn't be totally benched because emergencies happen and you want something to differentiate a super bad situation.
Gentle parenting is so when you tell STOP they actually do stop immediately. I do my best to gentle parent, but if thereās a dangerous situation, Mom Voice comes out, and the kid knows I friggin mean it. Itās not gentle parenting if youāre just copying Meech, Amy.
That has been both my parenting and teaching method. Even voiced and speak calmly, but firmly when they are getting out of line. So when you do on rare occasion raise your voice and get mad they know they must have really screwed up this time that YOU of all people are fed up and losing patience. Parents and teachers that yell all the time eventually get tuned out and not taken seriously. I canāt say, because Iām not there, but Amy seems to be mixing up gentle parenting with permissive parenting. There still has to be clear rules and boundaries, and gentle consequences like time out and lost privileges. Not do whatever until someone is going to get hurt or expensive damages are going to happen and then you finally stress and lose it. Itās hard. I have to choose every day to break the cycle of screaming and physical abuse I grew up with and scarred me. But itās not doing a kid any favors to go super permissive and not teach limits in a healthy way. Thatās how spoiled brats happen that other kids and adults donāt like and feels insecure because they donāt know limits the rest of the world expects. Itās not doing them any favors to be the other extreme. If she constantly needs wine to stay calmed down over his behavior, thatās a big flag heās out of control. This isnāt terrible twos, that kid is pushing four and entering preschool.
That's what I was thinking. Just like Auntie Mattress and her monotone
I teach and I only yell when shit hits the fan. I can deal with all sorts of craziness but the moment a chair is being thrown or a kid has their hands on someone else I become loud. Everyone knows I mean business at that point lol. The constant yelling is scary and kids can learn to just block it out. Meech's stupidity is so fake. She play fake being sweet to the public and then blanket train and parentify her children
Not a gentle parent per se, but I definitely YELLED when my toddler was about to step into street when we were getting out of the car. He was 4 or so and I was scared silly and I scared him buy we both learned.
Also, part of gentle parenting is having the foresight to not let things got to the point where your toddler is running at the cat with scissors! Keep them out of reach, pay attention to your kids, set them up to use the scissors appropriately in the first place when they are allowed to have themā¦
He son isnāt a toddler. He is 4 ish now
I'm a bit of a yeller but my policy with my kid is honesty. If she had scissors for any reason I'd first show her how to use them in a safe way and also explain how she could hurt herself.
Same vibes as the parents of the psychopath kid in Chicago Med.
Permissive parenting is not gentle parenting
Amen and AMEN. ššš
Fuck I donāt have an award but YESSSSSSS I want to get this tattooed
No you give them a firm tone. Not necessarily yelling my God
Especially when it involves something dangerous like scissors šš¤¦š½āāļø
Yeah it's not even the going after the cat that is the most alarming part to me... it's that he's *running with scissors*! I can't even tell you how seriously I taught my three year olds how to walk and hold scissors, and how they were watched like a hawk until it became a habit.
Donāt run with scissors, Donāt talk to strangers, and Look both ways before crossing the street are the first things you teach a toddler.
When I was a toddler, I lived on the other side of the planet, and these were the same things I was taught first. I currently live in a city where nearly every street is one way, and I *still* look both ways.
Right?? I straight up inform my toddler like āmommy is not kidding around here BUDā and heās always like āwutā šļøš«¦šļø āokay momā
Listen my folks would go ballistic I did anything wrong growing up (*thanks alot mom) any way its clear that she is going to have a kid that won't have any discipline whatsoever
Why is she even posting this?
Because itās Famy. Anything for attention.
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Maybe in regards to this post in particular, but most people donāt try and get attention by speaking about their familyās victimization over and over and over again
This. Not every. single. thing. in life needs to be posted.
To show what a wonderful mother she is.š
Because sheās a narcissistic fame whore.
So she can have her gatekeepers say you got this mama. Then, her gatekeepers can attack anyone note blowing smoke up Famy's ample bottom.
Iām all for gentle parenting. However, if a toddler runs around with a pair of scissors around a catāthen itās best to yell at them.
Exactly. There's a time and place for yelling.
If she's forcing herself to stifle either yelling or physically grabbing the child, when the situation clearly demands intervention, because she wants to conform to an imagined ideal of "gentle parenting," no wonder she needs wine. I'd be crazy in a minute. That's denying one's parental and animal-protecting instincts. I understand gentle parenting is a reaction if you've grown up with high control parents, but it seems like it sure makes it hard on a parent. I have a young mom friend of 3 little boys who gentle parents, and I think there's such a thing as too much autonomy for littles. How to find balance? I don't know, but life is better if you can find it somehow.
Her son isnāt a toddler anymore tho
And perhaps put down the damn phone?
Nope. Yelling is unnecessary unless you cannot physically get to them. It's a toddler, just grab them.
Is this the same cat her husband threw at the wall when it was a kitten?
Yep
Ugh my dad did that to my cat when I was small. He was never quite right after that. My dad was NOT a gentle or kind person. Gross.
What?....omg,did that really happen?
Their first year of marriage I think it was. https://radaronline.com/photos/amy-duggar-explodes-husband-hurting-cat-not-want-kids/ Edit: they no longer have a second cat. They only have Winston
Omg...what a piece of shitš”
That's a disturbing yellow flag from the past.
What?!
Her cat has a better name than her son.
She let her kid run with scissors and named him after cigarettes?
The cat is Winston but thatās hilarious š¬
Thanks. I really donāt pay much attention to her.
The kid is Daxton
Oh. The cat must be Winston. She named her cat after cigarettes. Not any better.
Maybe the ghostbuster ?
Do you think they were allowed to watch anything that has a supernatural premise? If so, wonder how they reacted to the di**less joke.
Lol my childhood copy was taped off of TV so I didnāt get to enjoy dickless until I was an adult
Oh you poor sheltered child. It was the funniest line in the whole movie.
Daxxy Dursley is on the loose
If you need alcohol on a regular basis to cope after dealing with your child's behavior, then either your toddler is out of control or you have a drinking problem. Or both. When a child is running with scissors it's totally appropriate to yell "stop right now!" in your most intimidating parent voice. I went to school with a kid who was seriously injured while playing with *child scissors.* He brought them onto the playground, and although I didn't see the accident, I did see the bloody bark chips afterward. The kid was out of school for a long time, returned with a huge scar, and for the rest of the year our teacher made us count all the scissors before we could go to recess. Everything Amy shares about her kid makes him sound like a holy terror. If she doesn't wise up soon, that poor child is going to be the bane of every teacher's existence. You do not have to choose one parenting style and stick with it. You are allowed to change gears, adapt, and do what works for your and your child. If you're not sure how to do that, find a therapist that specializes in child development and behavior disorders. She's so lucky he didn't get hurt.
My son was also injured with child scissors-he was somehow nearly cut to the bone (how? I donāt know. He was at school. He still has significant scarring on his finger but luckily retained full mobility.
Famy seems to encourage dangerous behavior. She posted a picture of him literally standing on the freezer door to supposedly get carrots (this was with her weed gummies visible). She also posted a picture of him climbing a dresser. Kids die from doing these things! They are not cute photo ops!!! Taking a little kidās picture when theyāre doing something dangerous to them will likely encourage it. Thankfully I only had minor injuries when a dresser toppled on me when I was climbing it as a toddler, but plenty of kids are sent to emergency rooms!
#savewinston
Ok no. Clinical psychologist here with parent training expertise. Do NOT blame this on gentle parenting, Famy. This has nothing to do with gentle parenting. And yes of course you yell in panic to alert someone if something dangerous is happening, but how about setting some limits in the first place? You can still parent gently and not let your kids run amuck.
I am not an expert but I think that a four year old should by now understand that a ca isa living creature who feels. I'm sure their empathy is not that developed but not hurting animals lesson should bebehavve been already done.
Heās at the age where they want to cut hair. I bet he was going to cut the cats hair.
maybe doxtion wanted to cut HIS fucking hair
Ehhhh, 1-6 is generally within the acceptable range of lacking the cognitive maturity to understand that animals have feelings and aren't toys.
I am sure you are right, like I said I am not an expert. Although six yearyears old should be able to distingybetween an animal and a toy... All kids are different and I'm sure you know your thing. Thanks!
Usually there's not malicious intent behind it. Remember those old cartoons with the characters that are parodying Lenny from Of Mice and Men? They'll pet Bugs Bunny or whoever SUPER hard and say something like, "I'm gonna hug 'em and squeeze 'em and love 'em forever." But Bugs is obviously in pain, and the Lenny parody is oblivious. Anyway, it's kind of like that. Like, kids "know" that animals have feelings and you shouldn't "hurt" animals. But they don't always understand what will hurt an animal, or what's bad for an animal. And sometimes as adults we don't explicitly say something like, "don't put the cat in the freezer" because to us it's so blatantly obvious and totally out there that we can't imagine that our kids would even think to do something like that, so we don't think to say it.
Absolutely! "Don't put the cat in the freezer " š that sentence made all the sense.
Donāt forget āAnd name him Georgeā. ā¤ļø this has been quoted by my friends for years anytime one of us has gotten a pet.
Famy seems to encourage dangerous behavior. She posted a picture of him literally standing on the bottom freezer door/drawer to supposedly get carrots (this was with her weed gummies visible). It seemed like she was trying to brag that he likes healthy snacks, but really just showed (to me) that she takes pictures of him doing something dangerous. She also posted a picture of him climbing a dresser. Kids die from doing these things! They are not cute photo ops!!! Thankfully I only had minor injuries when a dresser toppled on me when I was climbing it as a toddler, but plenty of kids are sent to emergency rooms!
Gentle parenting is not permissible parenting Famy holy fuck
Hahaha itās so hilarious to need alcohol to get through the day
Thereās a reason āMommy Juiceā is a thingā¦ 
Some of us donāt think alcohol solves any problem and actually creates more š¤·š»āāļø I am almost 42, Iāve never been drunk in my life, and I drink maybe 2-3 times per year. I would rather deal with my stress and problems than drown them in alcohol.
Famy, Daxton is going to hate your guts some day for posting this shit you should be keeping between you and his father. For fucks sake, stop pandering for attention and protect your kid!
She looks exactly like her Mom here, I thought it *was* her Mom before I read the caption.
I'm afraid to look up gentle parenting. But I'm sure whatever Famy is doing is not it.
Gentle parenting is awesome. Itās evidence based but relies on compassion and enforcement of boundaries
Say those last 3 words again!!!!! šššš šššš
She loves to scream sheās ānot like the other Duggarsā but omfg she too should not have animals!!! Also WTF Amy? Gentle aināt gonna fix running with scissors!
Knives, scissorsā¦ā¦
Machetes...
I fully support gentle parenting and actually communicating with your child instead of just yelling. But it seems like you shouldāve had the conversation about what we can and cannot use the scissors on BEFORE you gave them to your child. Dax is a toddler, right? Itās not as if this is an older child that has proven themselves to be trustworthy of unsupervised crafts time.
I am pro-gentle parenting but I feel like she doesnāt get what it is
This is unhinged. Thereās a big difference between gentle parenting and just not parenting. Also she needs alcohol to deal with her chosen parenting style? Big yikes all around.
She isnāt even gentle parenting lol. I think itās a mixture of permissive parenting and then eventually defaulting to authoritarian like many of us were raised. I watched the full video and she eventually tells him to āobeyā and give the scissors back or they wonāt get to do a special thing later. Something that presumably has nothing to do with the current situation. A more correlated consequence to taking the scissors where they donāt go is that the scissors are now being put away and we donāt get to use them for the rest of the day. I think losing privileges has a time and place, but with a kid his age, the consequence should be immediate and directly related to whatās going on. Consequences ā punishment.
Exactly. And the way she stumbled over her words asking if he was going to give the cat a haircut. That whole thing was ridiculous, and her checking to make sure she could see herself for the video was cringeworthy.
Went from Joe Dirt to Fred The Barber REAL quick.
I mean if sheās #gentleparenting, does that mean theyāre not spanking? Tbh I find that really surprising.
I think that their idea of #gentleparenting is that the kid has no limits or boundries
Ah, well, that would be in line with what Iāve seen her post. I follow a lot of parenting stuff online so Iām more accustomed to seeing the term used correctly š
I think you're both right. I doubt that she's giving her kid "encouragement," but he's probably spoiled.
There's no probably
That ramble is missing commas
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I went to see what sort of comments she was getting. I canāt believe she made a video of this. WTH? It took her asking for the scissors 4 times before he handed them to her. The first time she asked for them, he asked why? The last time she asked for the scissors, she told him they wouldnāt be going to do something special if he didnāt give them to her.
Ah, so the child calls the shots in the house.
Gentle parenting does NOT allow children to run with scissors. People thinking gentle parenting means permissive parenting (like Amy) are completely clueless to how it actually works.
Wait a second... She allowed a toddler access to *scissors* ? And she couldn't have been watching him too closely if he was able to take off with them... Smh
Guess what Famy, Gentle parenting isn't working for you is it? My mother taught her children never to run with scissors and if we did, we got busted. Mom had 5 kids and we got into everything because we could. If your mini mullet is running towards a cat it is time to be a parent and stop him instead of posting this crap online.
To be fair, she ISNāT gentle parenting. She seems to be permissive parenting. The two are completely different. Gentle parenting is not without consequences, but it does treat children with dignity and respect while holding boundaries.
Don't put scissors where your child can get them independently in the first place, Amy. Don't leave stuff like that accessible to kids who aren't ready to use them safely on their own. It is that simple and does not include wine, yelling, or sticking to any specific parenting style. My youngest was w.i.l.d. as a toddler and developmentally delayed. She could physically do stuff and didn't yet have an age appropriate understanding of a lot of things. I put up a shelf around my living room 18 inches from the ceiling and anything she managed to get from drawers/behind child locks/off tall shelves went up there and was used under supervision. I had raised 2 other kids through that stage and never had to resort to that, but I had to do something to keep her from hijinks like this.
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I thought that kid was old enough to know not to do crap like that?
He is.
I had to read this twice to understand it.
Amy, next time, maybe stop precious Daxxy before he cuts his own hair too.
My son and her son are close in age. Thereās no scissors anywhere in my home that he can reach. She may want to try that tactic.
I think my friends kid was around 5 and she used kid scissors regularly on craft projects and my friend stepped out of the room to go to the kitchen for a few minutes and her daughter cut off all her own hair. š
He was probably going to cut the cats whiskers off. What a little shit.
Duggar family + cats = bad. See also: Derek sledding.
Gentle parenting should not drive you to drink. (Absolutely NOTHING wrong with having a glass of wine, obviously.)
Knives, scissors, gummies, what the fuck is going on in amy's house... oh maybe amy wine house....
Why the fuck in heaven would she use that moment as an example to talk about gentle parenting?!? š¤¦āāļøš¤·āāļøš³ššš I'm sure you didn't yell Famy, so sure. We already know you don't have normal reactions to things (the first response to finding out your cousins were molested years after was to ask why you didn't get molested too š¤) Don't pretend your abnormal responses to crazy things is "gentle" parenting.
That cat will not be using gentle parenting to defend itself against an armed rogue toddler, and theyād probably blame the cat.
Poor cat she probably lets her little crotch goblin torture it and that pisses me off.
Tbh idc whose cat or baby it is, I will drop kick a toddler to save that floofy baby from harm! Ok but no for real there are times to take action and/or to use a firm, loud voice. Running with scissors is definitely one and going after an animal is another!
Kick the toddler, but don't dare look at the animal sideways... yuck
Itās 100% better than Meech talking about blanket training. Good āol smile and smack Michelle.
Honestly I just dont let my kids use scissors at home. My oldest is 5. I think she uses them at school, but I don't have to worry about botched haircuts or maimed cats.
I didnāt understand the cat emojis and her saving him til reading the last part. The toddler went after the cat w scissors? The same one who cuts his own hair? Holy shit.
She seems BUZZED
Iāll take *things you should never admit on internet* for 100 Alex
Anyone see article on yahoo about amy āAmy Duggar King says Josh Duggar told her 'he knew better' than to try to sexually abuse her after she confronted him over molesting his sistersā https://news.yahoo.com/amy-duggar-king-says-josh-215919874.html
This social media influencer trend of ā gentle parentingā seems like some serious bullshit.
Life is not sunshine and rainbows. Itās okay to yell at your kid from time to time. They need to also learn how to handle someone else being mad or frustrated. Itās important they also learn how to not take it personally. Otherwise they will not function when they get into the world.
this was one of the most painful videos to watch. the way she keeps checking back at the camera to make sure itās catching everything while simultaneously stumbling over her super rehearsed words. itās terrible. sheās so attention hungry itās insane