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"?

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

How do you respond to yourself when something doesn't go to plan with your kids? Does your inner critic pop up? What does it say to you?

Perfectionism is common but can be poisonous for mental health both in childhood and through into adulthood.

As a parent, do you worry that if you're a little more gentle to yourself, that you'll simply get things wrong even more?