It is common to equate positive parenting with permissive parenting. (attachmentparenting.org)
A large part of permissive parenting styles is to permit the parent to feel and act upon those feelings. (motherhoodinpointoffact.com)
His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals, which later led to the more permissive parenting styles as we know them today. (motherhoodinpointoffact.com)