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A teacher has revealed parents often ask her what they can do in order to help prepare their kids for starting school – and there’s one clear answer.

“Tell your child ‘no’,” said Emily Perkins, a kindergarten teacher (equivalent to a reception class teacher in the UK), in a TikTok video.

“Tell them ‘no’ as a complete sentence – and do not teach them that telling them ‘no’ invites them to argue with you.”

She added that “if I can’t tell your child ‘no’ as an adult and they don’t respect the ‘no’, they’re basically unteachable”.

Why aren’t parents telling their kids ‘no’?

A lot of people seem to blame the rise of gentle parenting, however it’s likely this stems from confusion around what gentle parenting actually is.

Gentle parenting is composed of four main elements, according to Verywell Family, these include: empathy, respect, understanding,........

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