Gentle parenting, conscious parenting, patient parenting... we've all heard the terms but honestly, we're not too sure what the difference is. We just know that we're out here trying to break those generational traumatic bonds that we had to deal with growing up. We know a lot of y'all have been asking us about gentle parenting and where to start so we brought in our gentle parenting expert Charisse Sims! Charisse is an educator, PBS Early Learning Champion, and a mama of six so she knows a thing or two about raising kids. Charisse is all about conscious parenting, and if you don't know what that is, her podcast Parenting for the Culture (https://parenting-for-the-culture.simplecast.com/) is a good place to start! The Mamas and Charisse get into what exactly gentle parenting is, how we can set boundaries with our children, and how we ALL struggle with trying to do better than our parents did it.  ======== Mamas! Our friends at PROUDLY (https://www.proudly.com/collections/shop-all) have a special deal for you! Make sure you head over to proudly.com, spend at least $50 and use promo code BLACKLOVE to save %20 (excluding subscriptions)! Shoutout to PROUDLY (https://www.proudly.com/collections/shop-all) for looking out for our melanated babies!  ======== If you have a question for the Mamas? Let us know so we can answer it in a future episode! (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDGVTXYCVuCo2syuo9Mf1dYtcuOs5BdRfdoO3-N0zt_V8Qug/viewform?usp=sf_link) Make sure you're connecting with our Mamas! Ashley - @watermeloneggrolls (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/ac1085d0-7744-4dbb-bdf9-0154026f8f8e/shows/c8b70fab-9fea-49a9-8a75-5efdf1ffa9ad/episodes/e5cdec4b-9f98-4a29-a819-63fc1d5b027c/www.instagram.com/watermeloneggrolls) Codie - @codieco (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/ac1085d0-7744-4dbb-bdf9-0154026f8f8e/shows/c8b70fab-9fea-49a9-8a75-5efdf1ffa9ad/episodes/e5cdec4b-9f98-4a29-a819-63fc1d5b027c/www.instagram.com/codieco) Felicia - @felicialatour (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/ac1085d0-7744-4dbb-bdf9-0154026f8f8e/shows/c8b70fab-9fea-49a9-8a75-5efdf1ffa9ad/episodes/e5cdec4b-9f98-4a29-a819-63fc1d5b027c/www.instagram.com/felicialatour) Melanie - @melaniefiona (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/ac1085d0-7744-4dbb-bdf9-0154026f8f8e/shows/c8b70fab-9fea-49a9-8a75-5efdf1ffa9ad/episodes/e5cdec4b-9f98-4a29-a819-63fc1d5b027c/www.instagram.com/melaniefiona) ======== Black Love is Forever! While the series has taken its final bow you can still find all things Black Love on the Black Love+ app (https://dashboard.simplecast.com/accounts/ac1085d0-7744-4dbb-bdf9-0154026f8f8e/shows/c8b70fab-9fea-49a9-8a75-5efdf1ffa9ad/episodes/9a666399-9d57-4e6c-9457-e7b0bffc34bd/blacklove.com/app) This includes rewatching all your favorite episodes of #BlackLoveDoc (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/blacklovedoc/) . catching our original series Couch Conversations and Men's Roundtable, or find your new favorite podcasts on the Black Love Podcast Network!  Connect with us: @blacklove (https://www.instagram.com/blacklove/) on Instagram @blacklovedoc (https://www.facebook.com/blacklovedoc) on Facebook @blacklovedoc (https://twitter.com/blacklovedoc) on Twitter