Permissive parenting—giving children few boundaries and letting them largely direct themselves—often comes from a good place: wanting your child to be free, avoiding the harshness you experienced, or being too depleted to hold a line. But children thrive with structure and boundaries that communicate both that you care what happens and that the world has shape to it—freedom without framework feels less like love and more like neglect.
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