Big thoughts

I think it's not a one size fit all method. Some kids respond well to it, and some dont. I think most will need a mixture of different parenting methods for different situations. For eg, if my kid hits another kid on purpose, or does something very dangerous, I definitely am not going to gentle parent, sure scold one. But if its things like not wanting to share toys or food with others or not wanting to eat their meals, still can try the more gentle approach.

I think we need to be doing a good mix of both gentle parenting and authoritarian parenting. A lot of what we do also depends on your kids personality. Personally my parents used a lot of corporal punishment when I was growing up. This was terrible for me as my Love language is touch. So hitting me was a violation of what was important way for me to feel love.

you can do gentle parenting and set some boundaries at the same time just that it requires alot of time and high patients towards our own kids..