The term "Gentle Parenting" seems to be everywhere nowadays, and everyone seems to have an opinion. Some parents are all for it - seeing it as a progressive way of raising children, a counter-balance to what they experienced growing up. Others feel it takes modernity too far, and results in either a lack of boundaries, or anxious helicopter parenting, or both. But what IS "gentle parenting"?

Here are three reasons why you don’t need to feel 'mum guilt' and why you can embrace imperfect parenting

There are dozens of reasons for us to lift the pressure from ourselves if we notice feelings of failure or self-criticism around parenting.