Brian Laird on WNYC and our last 15 minutes or so of the show will be with a guest,

but for those of you currently parenting children at home, 212-433, WNYC, on the question,

how gentle should your parenting style be? Why do we ask, last month, the cut, part of New York

magazine, published a piece titled The Rise of the

Accidentally Permissive Parent, documenting how the quote, gentle parenting movement may be

creating a generation of boundaryless children whose needs are being put above the needs of their

parents. Respect, rules, and punishments have fallen to the wayside.

This theory goes, as parents try to write the wrongs of their own childhoods through raising

their own children in this way. So listeners, does this sound like you, or are you an advocate of

gentle parenting? What does that mean to you? Do you find that you try to be a gentle

parent, but then your children are kind of out of control and you can't keep them within

various boundaries when you want to? Give us a call. 212-433 WNYC. I mean, parenting is hard, and we're not here to judge how people parent.

And for those of you of a certain age, you might say,

haven't we been having this conversation, at least since like Dr. Spock in the 1950s,

and later T. Barry Brazelton, and now Dr. Becky. This debate is as old as the hills,

but we want to hear from people currently raising young children at home.

212-433 WNYC. If your children are grown, sit this one out. This is for parents of kids in the house right now.

Did anybody read the piece on the cut called The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent?

212-433.

WNYC, 212, 433-9692.

And joining us now is the author of that article, Elizabeth Paseweller, magazine writer and author

of the essay collections. It was an ugly couch anyway. And good apple. Elizabeth, welcome to WNYC.

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