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Episode 8: Am I raising an asshole?

December 16, 2025 • Kate Vancil & Elizabeth Bradshaw • Season 2 • Episode 8

Kate and EB discuss gentle parenting and if it's ruining your child. We look at research, online discourse, and examine our own opinions on the pros, cons, and moral gray areas of how parenting practices impact outcomes.

Sources:

Gentle parenting turned my child into an a-hole (Reddit user, 2024).

How Gen Z is shaping a new era of mental health care (Maharaj, 2024).

TikTok video discussing gentle parenting and child behavior (Owen, 2024).

The Gentle Parenting Book (Ockwell-Smith, 2017).