Over the past 25 years, there’s been a palpable rise in parenting experts and trendy parenting styles. Are you a millennial who wants to avoid the helicopter parenting trap? No problem! A quick search on Instagram yields countless colourful infographics that offer the pros and cons of every parenting style, ranging from gentle to authoritative.

Except you can’t parent via an Instagram carousel. A few bullet points on a Canva background leave ample room for misinterpretation. For example, you may think you’re gentle parenting, when in actuality, you’re engaging in permissive parenting.

“Gentle parenting should mean being kind and treating your children with respect,” said Danielle Lindner , a parent coach and founder of the London Day School in Florham Park, New Jersey.

“But what i

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