Nigerian actress Blessing Obasi has spoken about gentle parenting.
In an interview with Ife Agoro, she recalled the day she cried when she smacked her son because he was hitting his head against the wall. According to her, her son was angry because she left him with the nanny while she went to shower.
She said that after rebuking him, she spoke to him in a positive way. The mother of one stressed that gentle parenting doesn’t work all the time.
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The actress said, “I cried the day I smacked my son because he was hitting his head against the wall. He was angry because I left him with the nanny while I went to shower.
“At some point, he started hitting his head against the floor. Sometimes, gentle parenting doesn’t work.
“After I rebuked him, I spoke to him positively.”
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The Nigerian movie actress is married to her colleague, Stan Eze.
Stan Nze and Jessica welcomed their first child, a baby boy, and the couple opened up about their pregnancy journey, recalling the moment they found out they were expecting.
In December, the couple revealed their son Jay’s face for the first time on social media, as Stan bragged that his son resembles him.