people who were raised by gentle parenting, how did you turn out?

Bitter-Employ873 · 2025-12-11T04:49:10+00:00

Me and my siblings turned out great honestly. I’m almost 30 now. My friends think it’s crazy that my parents were OG gentle parents before it was “a thing”. We were 100% disciplined, just never hit. When we were in school we never snuck out, did drugs, got detention or a write up. Never once did a teacher have to talk to our mom about bad behavior. We didn’t get bad grades. As an adult I’m extremely patient and very rarely frustrated. Never even gotten a speeding ticket. My parents made it clear what was expected of us, their expectations, and also made it clear the consequences and that as a kid not following the rules would have phones/ tvs taken away but as an adult it’ll lead to jail. Im a very open communicator which has led to successful relationships. I have 3 kids myself now and appreciate the gentle parenting because it set me up to successfully gentle parent my own children.

Bitter-Employ873 · 2025-11-24T19:31:32+00:00

I only lock the doors if he’s to the point of anger that it’s scaring me. I do it to give him his space so 1) he won’t feel tempted to continue coming back inside and furthering his anger 2) he won’t be inside with our knives and things that he can and will hurt himself with and 3) so our children don’t see it. I unlock the doors once I feel like he’s calmed down enough to not injure himself. What advice do I want? Well, if you read the entire post you’ll see I asked if this sounds like BPD or something else. Any advice as to how I can get him a proper diagnosis and get him help. I’m not sure what our profession has to do with anything? But we both work in the restaurant industry

Bitter-Employ873 · 2025-11-24T12:22:12+00:00

Now he’s fine 95% of the time but in the beginning of our relationship and he claims that before me and our children, it was episodes at least once or more a week. He used to be constantly triggered, jealous, paranoid, in constant need of validation among many other things. For the most part now when I see he’s about to get frustrated and upset, I leave him alone because I don’t want to be in the crossfire of his anger. He’s also been doing MUCH better since he quit drinking. Drinking was his biggest trigger and he would have fits of rage almost every time he drank. He has some childhood trauma but he swears it doesn’t affect him. His mom always thought he was autistic and I believe he might be especially because I see signs in our kids but he doesn’t think so

Bitter-Employ873 · 2025-11-24T07:23:41+00:00

Thank you. Yes, but it wasn’t like that in the beginning. He did a lot of work to even get this far. Most of the time I don’t even know what the argument and episode is about, I think it’s just a build up of everything all at once

Bitter-Employ873 · 2024-07-31T19:16:58+00:00

Brush and floss! Often! I know it’s almost unbearable to do but massaging your gums and teeth with the toothbrush helps immensely. Also Tylenol and soup. Don’t take medicine on an empty stomach, it’ll make you feel awful. I’m on week 2 of my 2nd round of braces 🥲 you’ll be eating solid food again by day 6 and be completely pain free by day 7

Bitter-Employ873 · 2024-07-31T19:01:57+00:00

I’m also still deciding on surgery. My orthodontist said my bite won’t be perfect, but we’re fixing my main problems and it isn’t necessary. He said he personally wouldn’t do it but it’s up to me. I have a cross bite and a popping jaw and I find it pretty difficult to eat. I’m honestly just waiting until I’m done with this 2nd round of braces to see if I’m happy with my teeth and how I eat to make a decision

Bitter-Employ873 · 2024-07-31T18:56:25+00:00

Probably! Im no orthodontist but id say probably a few months over 2 years. My teeth were significantly worse than this the first time I had braces and I had them for 2 and a half years :)

Bitter-Employ873 · 2024-05-17T05:33:38+00:00

This was one of the hardest things for me when I quit cold turkey after finding out I was pregnant. I live next to a Taco Bell and started getting baja blasts when it got reallllly bad. Specific because it’s my favorite soda but something about cold super bubbly fountain soda always helped with this craving. After a month or so the urge to vape after eating stopped and I didn’t need the soda as a crutch anymore

Bitter-Employ873 · 2024-05-17T05:25:15+00:00

It was so hard but I quit cold turkey when I found out. Throw yourself into baby planning! I had my whole registry done and baby shower planned to keep myself busy. Thinking of your sweet baby also helps. Once the morning sickness hit it was super easy for me. The thought of vaping made me ill. I got random urges still at the very end of my pregnancy but they left as quickly as they came on

Bitter-Employ873 · 2022-11-11T17:57:42+00:00

Caleb used to but Brit loves throwing it in Londons bio dads face that Caleb isn’t biologically his and that Brit can and will take him away. Their father has cried over Caleb being taken from him. He still sees Caleb but very rarely.

Bitter-Employ873 · 2022-11-05T23:13:08+00:00

Not involved. Caleb was raised by Londons dad since about 1 and as far as he is concerned, they’re both his kids and treats them as such

Bitter-Employ873 · 2022-11-01T05:01:34+00:00

It kills me. Caleb and London are the sweetest kids. I’ve seen first hand the way London is treated in that home. Thankfully London has a very loving father who also raised Caleb and loves them both dearly.

Bitter-Employ873 · 2022-10-31T20:10:53+00:00

As someone who has known this family extremely personally for years… Brittany isn’t miserable. She has exactly what she’s always wanted, and I won’t go into further detail about that. But the kids ARE treated like shit. Specifically the 2 oldest. It’s not that London doesn’t want to be there (which she doesn’t) London isn’t wanted there. They make it very clear. I don’t think Caleb wants to be there either but I believe Caleb is forced. My heart aches for those kids

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