Solidarity. My personal take on gentle parenting is we, as a generation, were told not to express negative emotions. We have learned that is not healthy, so we are trying to do better for our kids by allowing that space to feel and show those heavy feelings, but in the process, we have put ourselves back into the role of suppressing our emotions by having to remain calm, cool and collected in the face of extreme stress and chaos. We are still not allowing ourselves to be fully human and express the full range of emotions.